While teaching a health class to junior and senior male high school students, the school nurse educates them regarding the first sign of testicular cancer, which would include

A)
one testicle being lower than the other in the scrotal sac.
B)
enlargement of the testicle.
C)
back pain.
D)
coughing bloody sputum.


Ans:
B

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Often the first sign of testicular cancer is a slight enlargement of the testicle that may be accompanied by some degree of discomfort. Back pain and hemoptysis are last signs leading to a metastatic lesion. It is normal for the testicle to hang lower than the other.

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