Testicular Examination and Testicular Self-Examination (TSE)

References

Citations

1. Canadian Cancer Society (2005). Early detection of testicular cancer. Available online: http://www.cancer.ca/ccs/internet/standard/0,3182,3172_10175_74554325_langId-en,00.html.

2. Elford RW (1994). Screening for testicular cancer. In Canadian Task Force on the Periodic Health Examination, Canadian Guide to Clinical Preventive Health Care, pp. 892–898. Ottawa: Health Canada.

Other Works Consulted

• Gerber GS, Brendler CB (2002). Evaluation of the urologic patient: History, physical examination, and urinalysis. In PC Walsh et al., eds., Campbell's Urology, 8th ed., vol. 1, pp. 83–110. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders.

• Rew L, et al. (2005). Development of the self-efficacy for testicular self-examination scale. Journal of Men's Health and Gender, 2(1): 59–63.

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