Go Back Research Article September, 1988

Practice patterns of teaching testicular self-examination to adolescent patients

Author James Dennis Fortenberry Author Sarah A. Sayger Author Rebecca J. Beckman

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.

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
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Volume 9
Issue 5
Pages 441–442
DOI 10.1016/0197-0070(88)90047-2
ISSN 0197-0070
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