Self-examination among youngs help early detection of testicular cancer

A new study at School of Natural Sciences & Psychology, Liverpool, tested the interaction of self-efficacy with young men’s appraisals of the threat of testicular cancer.

Conclusions suggest that self-efficacy is an important factor in behaviors that facilitate the early-detection of various cancers. In general people with high self-efficacy are more likely to attend cancer screening sessions or perform bodily self-exams. However, there is a paucity of research focusing on testicular cancer and testicular self-examination (TSE). The effect of self-efficacy on TSE remains unclear especially given the relative obscurity of the testicular cancer threat, and appropriate clinical- and self-detection procedures, in the young