Table 5.
Breakdown of men's responses to followup questions regarding TSE and TC
| Yes | No | p Value (chi-square) |
|
| Men who regularly examine their own testicles may be more likely to find an early testicular cancer. This may be good for treating their cancer. That being said, men who examine their own testicles for cancer will often feel things that are noncancerous, and this leads to unnecessary worry, testing (ultrasound/lab work) and specialist visits. Based on this information, would you want to examine yourself? | Yes: 131 (52.4%) Mixed: 99 (39.6%) |
No: 20 (8.0%) | |
| If you ended up getting testicular cancer, do you think you would feel differently? | Yes: 43/131 (32.8%) Mixed: 69/99 (69.7%) No: 9/20 (45.0%) |
Yes: 88/131 (67.2%) Mixed: 30/99 (30.3%) No: 11/20 (55.0%) |
<0.001 |
| If you knew that testicular cancer was the most common cancer in your age group, do you think you would feel differently? | Yes: 43/131 (32.8%) Mixed: 52/99 (53.1%) No: 9/20 (45.0%) |
Yes: 88/131 (67.2%) Mixed: 46/99 (46.9%) No: 11/20 (55.0%) |
0.009 (chi-square) |
| If you knew that the most common symptom of testicular cancer is a bump that you could find by examining your own testicles (but most men don’t know this and only find out later than they could have), do you think you would feel differently? | Yes: 45/131 (34.4%) Mixed: 50/99 (50.5%) No: 8/20 (40.0%) |
Yes: 86/131 (65.6%) Mixed: 49/99 (49.5%) No: 12/20 (60.0%) |
0.048 |
| If you examined your testicles and found something abnormal that worried you, your doctor would generally order an ultrasound and blood work, and send you to a specialist. This has no known harms to you but would take up your time and have some cost. Would you alert your doctor if you found something worrisome? | Yes: 122/131 (93.1%) Mixed: 79/99 (79.8%) No: 8/20 (40.0%) |
Yes: 9/131 (6.9%) Mixed: 20/99 (20.2%) No: 12/20 (60.0%) |
<0.001 |
| If you found something abnormal while examining your testicles, would you be worried about it until a specialist told you what it was? | Yes: 116/131 (88.5%) Mixed: 76/99 (76.8%) No: 16/20 (80.0%) |
Yes: 15/131 (11.5%) Mixed: 23/99 (23.2%) No: 4/20 (20.0%) |
0.056 |
| If you found something abnormal while examining your testicles and a specialist confidently reassured you that it was all right and nothing to be worried about, would you still be worried about it? | Yes: 24/131 (18.3%) Mixed: 15/99 (15.2%) No: 3/20 (15.0%) |
Yes: 107/131 (81.7%) Mixed: 84/99 (84.8%) No: 17/20 (85.0%) |
0.796 |
Responses are based on their initial response as to whether they would still like to perform TSE, despite the fact that they might be at risk for false positives and additional testing.