Testicular Cancer Diagnosis

As Georgia’s only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, you won’t find our level of experience or expertise anywhere else in the Southeast. When you come to Winship for care, we’ll start by ensuring you have a thorough and accurate testicular cancer diagnosis.

Why is that important? Your testicular cancer diagnosis will help us determine which treatment options will work best on your specific cancer. Our genitourinary oncology team specializes in testicular cancer diagnosis and staging, and we have the technology available to provide the most detailed information about your cancer. And that means we’ll be better prepared to build a treatment plan to best work for you.

At Winship, we take a multistage approach to testicular cancer diagnosis, so we can determine exactly what’s driving your cancer and how best to stop it. We know you’re anxious to move forward with treatment, but having a detailed testicular cancer diagnosis is critical, and it won’t take long. We promise. In fact, testing results are often available the same day or the next day.

Diagnostic imaging. At Winship, we use top-notch diagnostic imaging to make a testicular cancer diagnosis. Ultrasound is usually the first step, and we have some of the best ultrasound specialists around. We may also use the latest computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology to determine whether and how far the disease has spread. And because our radiologists specialize in genitourinary cancers, they are experts in diagnosing and staging testicular cancer.

Tumor marker testing. To confirm a testicular cancer diagnosis, we’ll take a blood sample and test it for tumor markers. Most testicular cancers express hormones or proteins that indicate malignancy that can be identified via lab testing.