If tests confirm you have low testosterone, further testing can determine if a testicular disorder or a pituitary abnormality is the cause.
Armstrong, the survivor of a testicular cancer that had spread into his lungs and brain and left him a 20% chance of survival, recovered and won the most physically grueling event in sports, the Tour de France, a three-week race of attrition.
Stephen, 63, a testicular cancer survivor from Hamilton, New Jersey, has undergone routine screening since he was in his late 40s.
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Lance Armstrong, the cyclist who overcame a bout with testicular cancer to win the Tour de France seven times, has been accused by a French newspaper of using performance enhancing drugs.
New York - Lance Armstrong, the cyclist who overcame a bout with testicular cancer to win the Tour de France seven times, has been accused by a French newspaper of using performance enhancing drugs.
Some doctors recommend a monthly testicular self-exam for all males age 15 years and older, and most experts agree that at the very least, the testicles should be examined by a physician during routine check-ups.
And a man diagnosed with testicular cancer that has not spread beyond nearby lymph nodes has at least a 95% chance of reaching the important five-year survival point.
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However, Armstrong is still a hero to some after overcoming testicular cancer to win cycling's toughest race seven times in a row, in an era when many of the sport's biggest names were linked with doping.
Similarly, it is difficult to imagine a man with testicular cancer requesting to have both the affected and nonaffected testicles removed.
The survey reported that in the UK, between 1975 and 1979, there were on average 276 deaths a year from testicular cancer.
If you have a more advanced testicular cancer or if you're unable to adhere closely to the recommended follow-up schedule, your doctor may recommend other treatments after surgery.
Originally called the Lance Armstrong Foundation, the cyclist created it the year after he was diagnosed with a form of testicular cancer that had spread to his brain and lungs.
So, putting aside her scatological excess and testicular obsession, does she have a case?
Regular TSEs are a good idea in particular for males who have had a history of an undescended testicle or who have a family history of testicular cancer.
This particular form of cancer makes up less than 1% of all testicular cancer diagnoses, which is itself a relatively rare form of cancer.
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Symptoms of testicular cancer may include the discovery of a hard lump (which is usually painless), swelling of the testicle or an achy feeling in the scrotum or abdomen.
So is it worth running out to buy a pregnancy test to check for testicular cancer?
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As it turns out, HCG is also produced in men suffering from a rare but aggressive form of testicular cancer called choriocarcinoma.
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There is also growing concern that problems such as prostate and testicular cancer are ignored by men until they are at a late stage when treatment is not as effective.
Testicular self-exams (TSE for short) can be a good way for men to learn what their testicles (also called testes) normally feel like so that if there is a new lump or other change, they will notice it and can seek medical care right away.
This athlete, who survived testicular cancer, is also the founder of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, a cancer-awareness organization.
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He does promise that the results of the study will be published in a medical journal, and trials in other indications, like testicular cancer, will continue.
Research published in June 2001 suggested the number of men dying from testicular cancer in the UK had fallen by almost three quarters in less than a decade.
Kohler says Armstrong first found out about quercetin when it was being explored as a treatment for cancer patients and the cyclist was being treated for testicular cancer that had spread to his brain and lungs.
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He has previously survived a serious car accident at the age of 21 and soon after that, testicular cancer.
For example, a study in the journal Radiology in March found that for young men with testicular cancer, the mortality risk from their cancer was three times higher than from radiation-induced cancer.
Armstrong, who survived testicular cancer prior to his record-breaking Tour wins, retired after the 2005 Tour de France but made a comeback in 2009.
Now in his TV interview with Oprah Winfrey he seems intent on spinning a new backstory, including the idea that he took performance-enhancing hormones like testosterone because his testicular cancer required him to.
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Testicular cancer is relatively rare, affecting roughly one in 300 men (compared with one in eight women who get a breast cancer diagnosis) and is successfully treatable especially when detected early.
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