Testicular self-examination

Testicular self-examination is a medical practice by which external feeling of the testicles can act as a first-warning for testicular cancer. Testicular self-examination is a medical practice by which external feeling of the testicles can act as a first-warning for testicular cancer. Testicular cancer is a significant killer of teenage boys and younger men (roughly ages 15–35 or 40), butdoctors do not systematically recommend self-examination. The testicular self-exam (TSE) is done at home in an effort to screen for testicular cancer (secondary prevention). International literature shows many men do not know how to perform screening for testicular cancer through a self-exam. TSE is recommended to be done while standing and after a warm shower when the scrotum is relaxed and the testes are lower.