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 […]

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A recent study reports a significant increase in the number of young boys and males with a mumps-related testicle condition called mumps orchitis. This disease causes one or both testicles to swell and can lead to fertility problems.
According to experts, the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine should be offered to all unvaccinated males aged 15-24, and they should […]

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In a paper published in the April issue of the urology journal BJUI, urologists at a leading Irish hospital have reported an alarming increase in the number of teenage boys and young men developing mumps orchitis.
They are urging colleagues to offer the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine to unvaccinated males in the 15-24 age group and educate them […]

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Treatment based on Cisplatin has significantly increased survival in patients with testicular cancer. Therefore, there has been enough interest to investigate the late toxic effects of chemotherapy which affect the quality of life of testicular cancer survivors.
According to experts, these toxic effects may either persist or present long after the end of chemotherapy and involve […]

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According to a study in the March issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology, researchers have found that non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a good diagnostic tool for the evaluation and staging of testicular cancer and may improve patient care by sparing some men unnecessary surgery,
Researchers concluded that medical imaging plays an important role […]

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A new study suggests that testosterone deficiency in young male cancer survivors often causes low energy levels and reduced quality of life, and these patients may benefit from testosterone replacement therapy.
About 15 percent of male cancer survivors experience testosterone deficiency, which is a late side effect of chemotherapy or radiation therapy. The young male cancer […]

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Previous studies have rarely investigated the inheritance of varicoceles and the potential transmission to first-degree relatives. A recent study at Mustafa Kemal University, Turkey, examined the first-degree relatives of men with known varicocele to reveal the familial risk for varicocele.
The study concluded that a significant increase in varicocele prevalence is present in the first-degree relatives […]

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According to a new study published online in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Boys with the sexual birth defects known as hypospadias and cryptorchidism are at risk for developing testicular germ cell cancer, but their relatives are not.
Researchers at Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, concluded that men with a personal history of cryptorchidism […]

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Acording to Oslo University Hospital, Norway, patients with testicular cancer are at risk of having severe short-term and life-threatening long-term effects.
After orchidectomy and before further treatment patients have major mental distress which gradually decreases during the treatment phase. Gastrointestinal side-effects dominate during both chemo- and radiotherapy, with the risk of severe haematological, infectious and thromboembolic […]

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According to a recent study published online December 21 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, boys having sexual birth defects known as hypospadias and cryptorchidism are at high risk for developing testicular germ cell cancer, but their relatives are not.
Although hypospadias is known as a birth defect that involves an abnormally-placed urinary opening […]

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