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Category: Testicular Cancer

Ask the Doctors: How to Check Yourself for Testicular Cancer (Links to an external site)

April 22, 2021July 26, 2023

Testicular cancer expert Zachary Smith, MD, explains how and why to perform regular self-examinations for testicular cancer.

Division of Urologic Surgery

WashU Medicine Department of Surgery

4590 Nash Way

8242-29-9600

St. Louis, MO 63110

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