doi:10.1016/0197-0070(88)90047-2

Paper Title

Practice patterns of teaching testicular self-examination to adolescent patients

Authors

James Dennis Fortenberry

Sarah A. Sayger

Rebecca J. Beckman

Keywords

testicular self-examination (tse)
adolescent males
testicular neoplasms
cancer screening
physician practice patterns
adolescent health education
preventive medicine
health screening
medical training
patient education
testicular cancer awareness
physician barriers
routine health exams
early detection
urology
public health
adolescent preventive care
health promotion
self-examination training
cancer prevention
health behavior
medical curriculum
adolescent oncology
health literacy
risk reduction strategies

Article Type

Research Article

Journal

Journal of Adolescent Health Care

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DOI

10.1016/0197-0070(88)90047-2

Issue

Volume : 9 | Issue : 5 | Page No : 441–442

Published On

September, 1988

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Abstract

Testicular self-examination has been proposed as a screening technique for the early detection of testicular neoplasms. Previous work suggests that few adolescent males have received instruction in the technique. We report the results of a physician survey to assess the frequency with which self-examination is taught and to identify the reasons why some physicians do not teach testicular self-examination. Only 17.5% of the physicians surveyed taught testicular self-examination to adolescent male patients on a routine basis. Eighty-two percent stated that they were unfamiliar with the technique or had not thought about it.