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April 4, 2011
Don't screen for testicular cancer: Govt. panel
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teen boys and men should not be routinely screened for testicular cancer, nor do self-exams offer a net benefit, an expert government panel recommended today.
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November 25, 2009
Long-term effects of testicular cancer chemo seen
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men wondering about the long-term side effects of chemotherapy for testicular cancer may now have a road map defining likely outcomes.
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June 18, 2009
Many at risk for testicular cancer skip self-exams
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When testicular cancer runs in the family, men should be checking themselves regularly for tell-tale signs -- but fewer than half of such men perform regular self-exams, new research shows.
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May 22, 2009
Testicular cancer survivors may face lung problems
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - It seems that decreased lung function is a long-term adverse effect of the chemo drug cisplatin in men who have survived testicular cancer.
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July 11, 2008
Olympic swimmer Shanteau has testicular cancer
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - American swimmer Eric Shanteau has been diagnosised with testicular cancer but still plans to race at the Beijing Olympics, U.S. Swimming said on Friday.
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June 3, 2008
Drug avoids radiation for early testicular cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In men who are diagnosed with earl-stage testicular cancer, a single dose of the chemotherapy drug carboplatin is as effective radiation therapy and is much less toxic, according to study findings presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago.
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April 29, 2008
DDT-related chemical linked to testicular cancer
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A chemical that comes from the pesticide DDT may raise a man's risk of developing testicular cancer, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
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September 3, 2007
Birth weight tied to testicular cancer risk
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Findings from a new study suggest that both high and low birth weights increase the risk of testicular cancer in men. The reason for this finding is unclear.
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August 13, 2007
2nd cancer unaffected by earlier testicular cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who survive testicular cancer are just as likely to survive a second cancer as men who never had testicular cancer, according to a report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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April 13, 2007
Testicular cancer survivors may face other perils
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While men with testicular cancer have a good chance of being cured, they may still not be out of danger, Norwegian researchers report.
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March 21, 2007
Many still die from "curable" testicular cancer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The decline in deaths due to testicular cancer seen in the US and Canada over the last three decades has not reached all countries in the Americas and deaths from this relatively rare cancer remain unacceptably high in most Latin American countries, according to a report.