Public awareness of testicular cancer and self-examination in Turkey: a multicenter study of Turkish Urooncology Society.
Urol Oncol
; 31(3): 386-91, 2013 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-21429771
BACKGROUND: Testicular self-examination is the easiest and cheapest way to scan testicular cancer. However, the public awareness about testicular self-examination is very low. We aimed to investigate the public awareness of Turkish people about testicular cancer and testicular self-examination. METHODS: We performed a survey consisting of 10 questions concerning testicular cancer and testicular self-examination in 799 students in the first year of 12 different medical schools. Aiming for a common method of data collection, the questionnaires were administered to the students during a class just before the lesson started. The whole data from all of the centers were pooled in a common data-base file. RESULTS: Eighty-nine (11.1%) of the participants reported that they had knowledge about testicular cancer, but only 11 (1.4%) of them answered all the questions about testicular cancer correctly. Eight (1%) of the participants reported that they had been performing testicular self-examination routinely once a month. Four (0.5%) of them were both well informed about testicular cancer and had been performing testicular self-examination once a month as suggested. CONCLUSION: The present study showed that awareness on testicular cancer and testicular self-examination is very low and suggests a need for efforts in Turkey to increase public awareness and education.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Testicular Neoplasms
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Self-Examination
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
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Qualitative_research
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Urol Oncol
Journal subject:
NEOPLASIAS
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UROLOGIA
Year:
2013
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Article
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