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>>> IT
>>> IT IS
>>> IT IS NO SHAVE NOVEMBER WHERE WE PAY ATTENTION TO MEN'S
HEALTH ISSUES.
HEALTH ISSUES. TONIGHT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
TESTICULAR CANCER.
TESTICULAR CANCER. ONE PROBLEM HERE, THOUGH, IS
TALKING ABOUT IT.
MEN, BOYS, JOKE ABOUT THIS BODY
PART ALL OF THE TIME AND THAT
STIGMA CAN GET IN THE WAY OF
THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE DISEASE.
SO, SOME MIGHT FIND PARTS OF
THE REPORT QUITE IMMATURE,
UNCOMFORTABLE, INAPPROPRIATE,
UNCOMFORTABLE, INAPPROPRIATE, OKAY.
OKAY.
OKAY. IF
OKAY. IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT
CONVOY ABOUT MALE BODY PARTS,
EARMUFF IT OR FIND THE MUTE
BUTTON.
BUTTON.
BUTTON. HERE IS OUR TALK WITH ONCOLOGY
PROFESSOR.
PROFESSOR. >> BALLS, ONES AND TWOS.
>> THE BOYS.
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> CONANS.
>> CONANS. >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> ISN'T -- GONADS.
>> NUTS,.
>> NUTS,.
>> NUTS,. >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> TESTICLES, OF COURSE,.
>> Host: TACKLE, BROVARIES.
ALL RIGHT, GET THE GIGGLES OUT.
>> I CAN FEEL IT DOWN IN MY
PLUMS.
PLUMS.
PLUMS. >>
PLUMS. >> Reporter: IT IS FUNNY, WE
JOKE ABOUT IT.
REALLY, OUR UNINSECURITY HERE
IS PART OF THE PROBLEM.
>> HOW COMMON IS TESTICULAR
CANCER?
CANCER?
CANCER? >> IT IS NOT THAT COMMON BUT IT
IS THE MOST CANCER THAT YOUNG
MEN GET.
MEN GET.
MEN GET. IT IS 95% ARE CURED IF YOU GET
IT, FIND IT, MOST GUYS WILL BE
CURED?
CURED?
CURED? BUT THE DELAY ALLOWS
PROGRESSION.
PROGRESSION. MOST GUYS THERE IS A DELAY
BECAUSE WE ARE UNCOMFORTABLE
WITH THE SUBJECT.
>> Reporter: INCREASE RISK
FACTORS, MEN WHO HAD AN
UNDESCENDED TESTICLE OR A
HERNIA AND FAMILY HISTORY OF
THE CANCER.
THE CANCER. >> HOW DO WE DETECT IT?
WHAT CAN YOUNG MEN DO TO JUST
MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE GOOD?
>> EASIEST, SELF-EXAM.
JUST EXAM YOUR TESTICLES.
>> DO GUYS DO THAT?
>> NOT VERY OFTEN, NO.
THE OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATION IS
TO CHECK ONCE A MONTH IN THE
SHOWER.
SHOWER.
SHOWER. IT IS REALLY SIMPLE AND IT IS
REALLY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND
FAST.
FAST.
FAST. IN
FAST. IN THAT EGG PORTION IN THE
FRONT SHOULD BE SMOOTH ALL UP
AND DOWN THE WHOLE WAY.
AND IF YOU FEEL IT IS SMOOTH IN
ONE AREA AND KNOBBY OR HARD IN
ANOTHER AREA THAT IS SOMETHING
THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE A MEDICAL
PROFESSIONAL TAKE A LOOK AT
RIGHT AWAY.
RIGHT AWAY. >> Reporter: THERE IS
SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON.
THE DOCTOR SAYS TESTICULAR
CANCER RISEN 9-10% IN THE LAST
20 YEARS WITHOUT A SLAM DUNK
REASON AS TO WHY.
>> THE STRONGEST EVIDENCE SEEMS
TO BE HORMONAL.
IT IS THAT THERE IS INCREASE
USE OF REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES
AND USE OF HORMONES IN OUR
FOOD.
FOOD.
FOOD. >>
FOOD. >> Reporter: ANOTHER THEORY AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. CELL PHONES.
CELL PHONES. >> THERE ARE INTERESTING
RESEARCH IN THIS AREA.
THIS STUDY TOOK SPERM DONATION
FROM 23 HEALTHY MEN AND 9 MEN
WHO WERE HAVING TROUBLE WITH
INFERTILITY AND STUCK A CELL
PHONE NEXT TO THE SPERM AND
THEN THEY HAD IT ON FOR SEVERAL
HOURS A DAY AND WATCHED IT FOR
A COUPLE OF DAYS AND THEY
NOTICED OVER A COUPLE OF WEEKS
TIME THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE
SPERM AND THESE TWO CHANGES
HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH
INFERTILITY.
INFERTILITY. >> SEVERAL OTHER STUDIES,
INCLUDING HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF MEN HAD NO CORRELATION
BETWEEN CELL PHONE USE AND
TESTICULAR CANCER.
TESTICULAR CANCER. >> DOES MO-VEMBER HELP?
>> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
I THINK IT GETS GUYS TALKING
ABOUT THEIR HEALTH.
IT IS NOT EASY FOR GUYS TO DO.
I THINK MOST MEN LIKE TO IGNORE
THEIR HEALTH, LIKE TO JUST HOPE
IT WILL BE FINE OR SOMETHING TO
GO AWAY.
GO AWAY.
GO AWAY. I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT
YOU MAKE AND OTHERS MAKE TO
HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS
BECAUSE IT LEADS TO BETTER
HEALTH IN THE LONG RUN.
>> SEE THAT WAS NOT THAT BAD.
THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH US.
I KNOW I LEARNED A TON DURING
THE INTERVIEW.
THE INTERVIEW. SOMETHING ELSE THEY ARE DOING,
THE FIRST IN THE STATE.
HISTORICALLY IF YOU HAVE
TESTICULAR CANCER AND MOVES UP
IN YOUR ABDOMEN THAT IS COMMON
IF YOU DON'T CATCH IT RIGHT
AWAY.
AWAY.
AWAY. WHAT THEY HAD TO DO WAS LIKE A
C-SECTION FOR MEN, OLD SCHOOL
ONE.
ONE.
ONE. OPEN
ONE. OPEN YOU UP FROM HERE TO HERE
AND PULL YOUR INTESTINES OUT
AND PULL IT OUT THAT WAY.
INVASIVE.
INVASIVE.
INVASIVE. AT U OF M THEY ARE MAKING HOLES
THE SIZE OF YOUR PINKY HERE AND
TAKE CARE OF IT THAT WAY.
A HUGE DEAL,