More data, awareness of testicular cancer needed


PETALING JAYA: Affecting one in 250 males in their lifetime, testicular cancer is one of the many forms of cancer to inflict men. In Malaysia, statistics from the Malaysian National Cancer Registry 2012-2016 show 636 testicular cancer cases were recorded during that period.

The report also noted that testicular cancer accounted for 1.2% of cancers in Malaysian males during the period under review.

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