by Hannah Norman and Patricia Kime, Kaiser Health News Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Gary Flook served in the Air Force for 37 years, as a firefighter at the now-closed Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois and the former Grissom Air Force Base in Indiana, where he regularly trained with aqueous film forming foam, or AFFF—a...
by Uppsala University Testicular germ cell tumor-specific mortality in patients with and without prior psychiatric disorders. Cumulative incidence function using non-testicular cancer mortality as competing event for cause-specific testicular cancer mortality in patients with (a) non-seminoma and (b) seminoma with and without history of psychiatric diagnosis. Credit: British Journal of Cancer (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41416-023-02260-8 A new study by researchers at...
by Laurel Kelly, Mayo Clinic Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain April is Testicular Cancer Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about the symptoms and risk factors of testicular cancer. Compared with other types of cancer, testicular cancer is rare. But, in the U.S., it’s the most common cancer in men between the ages...
Prostate and testicular cancer both relate to the male reproductive system. While some people may confuse them, they are separate conditions that have different risk factors, symptoms, and outcomes. The testicles and the prostate gland are organs that comprise the male reproductive system. They have different roles and functions, but both contribute to the production of hormones and...
by Institute of Cancer Research Testicular cancer can be prevented from coming back using half the amount of chemotherapy that is currently used, a new clinical trial has shown. In many men who have had surgery for an aggressive form of testicular cancer, the disease can come back elsewhere in their bodies and need intensive...
