HEAL:BCCPassport To Health - Part 2: Test and Exams that Check for Cancer

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Part 1: Keeping Yourself Healthy
Part 2: Tests And Exams That Check For Cancer
Part 3: Caring For Yourself Between Check-Ups
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FOR MEN:
  Testicular Cancer Screening

  • What it checks for: Lumps or changes in your testicles that might be signs of testicular cancer. The testicles hang behind your penis in a sac of skin called the scrotum. The job of the testicles is tomake sperm.
  • What is done: While you are standing, your health care provider carefully feels your testicles for lumps.
  • Who should be tested: Men ages 21 and over.
  • How often: At every check-up.

FOR YOUR HEALTH
 

Date

When was your last testicular exam?
 

__________
 

When should you have your next testicular exam?

__________


PASSPORT TO HEALTH: A Guide to Staying Well


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HEAL: Breast & Cervical Cancer

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