Question
What are the signs of testicular cancer?
Answer
Testicular cancer is usually diagnosed after finding a solid lump on the testis (more often called testicle). Lumps on, or in, other parts of the scrotum, like the epididymis or blood vessels, are much more common and are not signs of testicular cancer.
Tim Moss
Biomedical research scientist
Associate Professor Tim Moss has PhD in physiology and more than 20 years’ experience as a biomedical research scientist. Tim stepped away from his successful academic career at the end of 2019, to apply his skills in turning complicated scientific and medical knowledge into information that all people can use to improve their health and wellbeing. Tim has written for crikey.com and Scientific American’s Observations blog, which is far more interesting than his authorship of over 150 academic publications. He has studied science communication at the Alan Alda Centre for Communicating Science in New York, and at the Department of Biological Engineering Communication Lab at MIT in Boston.
