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Filter by:The aim of this quasi-experimental control group study was to evaluate the effectiveness of testicular self-examination training given to male university students. Hypotheses; H1a: Immediately after the training and three months after the training, the experimental and control groups' Planned Behavior Theory scale intention sub-dimension scores related to Testicular Self-Examination will increase. H1b: Immediately after the training and three months after the training, the experimental and control groups' Planned Behavior Theory scale attitude sub-dimension scores related to Testicular Self-Examination will increase. H1c: Immediately after the training and three months after the training, the experimental and control groups' Planned Behavior Theory scale subjective norm sub-dimension scores on Testicular Self-Examination will increase. H1d: Immediately after the training and three months after the training, the experimental and control groups' Planned Behavior Theory scale perceived behavioral control sub-dimension scores will increase. H1e: Immediately after the training and three months after the training, the scores of the Planned Behavior Theory scale self-efficacy sub-dimension related to Testicular Self-Examination will increase in the experimental and control groups. H1f: Immediately after the training and three months after the training, the experimental and control group's Planned Behavior Theory scale total scores on Testicular Self-Examination will increase. A questionnaire will be administered to the participants before and after the training of male health promotion and testicular self-examination, and the retest will be filled after the reminders about the smallpox given for 3 months. The researcher will compare the intervention and control group to see if the behavior of performing testicular self-examination regularly occurs.
This is a cross-sectional, observational study employing validated questionnaires to investigate financial toxicity in subjects with testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT). As background, TGCTs are the most common malignancies among men from age 15-35. Treatment is highly curative, but often consists of intensive multi-cycle chemotherapy with significant potential for physical toxicity. The treatment course itself is disruptive and long term physical and mental health consequences can increase risk for financial toxicity. Thus, we aim to study financial toxicity in both patients with TGCT actively receiving treatment and in TGCT survivors. There will be two separate cohorts: Cohort 1 will consist of subjects with recently diagnosed TGCT who will undergo multi-agent, multi-cycle chemotherapy and Cohort 2 will consist of subjects who have completed chemotherapy and are long-term survivors.
Testicular cancer (TC) affects approx. 1% of Danish men and is the most common cancer in men aged 15-35 years. It is the most curable solid cancer type with a 5-year survival rate of 90-95%. Staging and follow-up of these patients involve 5-10 CT scans of each patient, imposing a significant radiation burden: Approx. 3-5 of the 300 Danish patients presenting with TC each year are expected to develop a radiation-induced secondary cancer, half of which are expected to be fatal. MRI is rapidly developing and new WB-MRI can cover large parts of the body in a clinically realistic scan time. With this development, it is within reach to nearly eliminate the radiation burden by substituting the large amount of CT scans with MRI scans in TC. MRI is without any known risk of long-term side effects. Despite this, limited data exist on MRI used in follow-up of TC. At Aarhus University Hospital, we introduced MRI for the follow-up of TC stage I in 2008. We now want to evaluate the results of in this unique cohort of patients and evaluate in a prospective trial if the newest WB-MRI techniques can replace CT in patients with TC stage II-IV. To the best of our knowledge, no study has investigated how much it is possible to reduce the MRI scan time in patients with TC in order to develop a clinically realistic scan time while still maintaining an acceptable uncompromised diagnostic accuracy. The overall aim of this study is to reduce the risk of radiation-induced secondary cancers in patients operated diagnosed with TC by replacing CT as a follow-up imaging method with non-ionizing WB-MRI including DWI. We have these specific aims: - To study the ability of WB-MRI with DWI to replace standard CT in TC stage II-III patients in a prospective non-inferiority study. - To evaluate if it is possible to reduce scan time in the WB-MRI protocols in the TC stage II-III group while maintaining sufficient diagnostic accuracy in order to improve clinical application of the techniques.