Self-Awareness of Testicular Cancer among Mansoura Male University Students

Cancer of the testis is the most common form of cancer among men aged 15-35 yearsand its incidence is increasing. This form of cancer is easily diagnosed by testicular selfexaminationand is a highly treatable disease if detected early. Adolescent and young adultmales must be taught to perform TSE as a normal routine health promotion activity.Objective: To assess Self-Awareness of Testicular Cancer among Mansoura Male UniversityStudents. Settings: 16 faculties affiliated to Mansoura University. Subjects: The sample sizecomprised 424 male students. Tools: Four tools were used in this study the first one SocioEconomic Scale was adopted from Fahmy and El-Sherbini Socio Economic Scale, andmodified by El Gelany, El-Wehady and El-Wasify, the following three tools were developedby researcher after reviewing the relevant literatures, tool two and three were developed toassess students knowledge and their subjective practice related to testicular cancer and thefourth one was developed to assess students attitudes and culture impact of their practicestoward testicular self-examination. Results: Most of students showed poor knowledge abouttesticular cancer (TC) and improper practice of testicular self-examination. There isstatistically significant relation between the studied students level of knowledge and theiracademic year, and there is a positive significant relation between students knowledge andtheir attitude. Conclusion: The main conclusion drawn from the current study is that themajority of students had poor knowledge and poor subjective practices related to testicularcancer and its preventive measures. Concerning students attitude, most students reportedthat testicular cancer is a sever disease and testicular self-examination is very useful for earlydetection of this disease. Recommendation: It is recommended to conduct health educationprogram to university male students focusing on improving their knowledge about TC and theimportance of TSE practice for the early detection. Public health campaigns about testicularcancer and its preventive practices must be conducted for men.