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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Testicular Cancer: Screening

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Systematic Review

Source: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

Last Reviewed: April 2011

Workgroups: Cancer Workgroup, Access to Health Services Workgroup

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends against screening for testicular cancer in men. This recommendation applies to adolescent and adult men who don’t have symptoms of testicular cancer.

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Objectives related to this resource (2)

Reduce the overall cancer death rate — C‑01
Improving
Increase the proportion of adults who get recommended evidence-based preventive health care — AHS‑08
Getting worse

Suggested Citation

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U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. (2011). Testicular Cancer: Screening. Retrieved from https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/testicular-cancer-screening