When to Contact a Medical Professional
May 29th, 2008 by admin
Call your health care provider if symptoms of testicular cancer occur.
Also call if you are a male over 15 years old who has not been taught testicular self-examination (TSE), or who has not had testicular screenings performed by your health care provider during routine physical examinations.
There is no prevention for testicular cancer, but finding it early is important to successful treatment and survival. Young men should learn to perform testicular self-examination (TSE) shortly after puberty. A TSE performed on a monthly basis may play a major role in detecting tumors at earlier stages — before they spread.
Update Date: 5/26/2006
Updated by: Rita Nanda, M.D., Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology,
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