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Factors associated with testicular self-examination among unaffected men from multiple-case testicular cancer families
BACKGROUND: The lifetime testicular cancer (TC) risk in the general population is relatively low (~1 in 250), but men with a family history of TC are at 4 to 9 times greater risk than those without. Some health and professional organizations recommend consideration of testicular self-examination (TS...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2696412/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19480691 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1897-4287-7-11 |
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author | Vadaparampil, Susan T Moser, Richard P Loud, Jennifer Peters, June A Greene, Mark H Korde, Larissa |
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description | BACKGROUND: The lifetime testicular cancer (TC) risk in the general population is relatively low (~1 in 250), but men with a family history of TC are at 4 to 9 times greater risk than those without. Some health and professional organizations recommend consideration of testicular self-examination (TSE) for certain high-risk groups (e.g. men with a family history of TC). Yet little is known about factors associated with TSE behaviors in this at-risk group. METHODS: We collected information on this subject during an on-going NCI multidisciplinary, etiologically-focused, cross-sectional Familial Testicular Cancer (FTC) study. We present the first report specifically targeting TSE behaviors among first- and second-degree relatives (n = 99) of affected men from families with ≥ 2 TC cases. Demographic, medical, knowledge, health belief, and psychological factors consistent with the Health Belief Model (HBM) were evaluated as variables related to TSE behavior, using chi-square tests of association for categorical variables, and t-tests for continuous variables. RESULTS: For men in our sample, 46% (n = 46) reported performing TSE regularly and 51% (n = 50) reported not regularly performing TSE. Factors associated (p < .05) with regularly performing TSE in multivariate analysis were physician recommendation and testicular cancer worry. This is the first study to examine TSE in unaffected men from FTC families. CONCLUSION: The findings suggest that, even in this high-risk setting, TSE practices are sub-optimal. Our data provide a basis for further exploring psychosocial issues that are specific to men with a family history of TC, and formulating intervention strategies aimed at improving adherence to TSE guidelines. |
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spelling | pubmed-26964122009-06-16 Factors associated with testicular self-examination among unaffected men from multiple-case testicular cancer families Vadaparampil, Susan T Moser, Richard P Loud, Jennifer Peters, June A Greene, Mark H Korde, Larissa Hered Cancer Clin Pract Research BACKGROUND: The lifetime testicular cancer (TC) risk in the general population is relatively low (~1 in 250), but men with a family history of TC are at 4 to 9 times greater risk than those without. Some health and professional organizations recommend consideration of testicular self-examination (TSE) for certain high-risk groups (e.g. men with a family history of TC). Yet little is known about factors associated with TSE behaviors in this at-risk group. METHODS: We collected information on this subject during an on-going NCI multidisciplinary, etiologically-focused, cross-sectional Familial Testicular Cancer (FTC) study. We present the first report specifically targeting TSE behaviors among first- and second-degree relatives (n = 99) of affected men from families with ≥ 2 TC cases. Demographic, medical, knowledge, health belief, and psychological factors consistent with the Health Belief Model (HBM) were evaluated as variables related to TSE behavior, using chi-square tests of association for categorical variables, and t-tests for continuous variables. RESULTS: For men in our sample, 46% (n = 46) reported performing TSE regularly and 51% (n = 50) reported not regularly performing TSE. Factors associated (p < .05) with regularly performing TSE in multivariate analysis were physician recommendation and testicular cancer worry. This is the first study to examine TSE in unaffected men from FTC families. CONCLUSION: The findings suggest that, even in this high-risk setting, TSE practices are sub-optimal. Our data provide a basis for further exploring psychosocial issues that are specific to men with a family history of TC, and formulating intervention strategies aimed at improving adherence to TSE guidelines. BioMed Central 2009-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC2696412/ /pubmed/19480691 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1897-4287-7-11 Text en Copyright © 2009 Vadaparampil et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Vadaparampil, Susan T Moser, Richard P Loud, Jennifer Peters, June A Greene, Mark H Korde, Larissa Factors associated with testicular self-examination among unaffected men from multiple-case testicular cancer families |
title | Factors associated with testicular self-examination among unaffected men from multiple-case testicular cancer families |
title_full | Factors associated with testicular self-examination among unaffected men from multiple-case testicular cancer families |
title_fullStr | Factors associated with testicular self-examination among unaffected men from multiple-case testicular cancer families |
title_full_unstemmed | Factors associated with testicular self-examination among unaffected men from multiple-case testicular cancer families |
title_short | Factors associated with testicular self-examination among unaffected men from multiple-case testicular cancer families |
title_sort | factors associated with testicular self-examination among unaffected men from multiple-case testicular cancer families |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2696412/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19480691 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1897-4287-7-11 |
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