Can a pregnancy test determine testicular cancer?

According to Men’s Foundation 2017, Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in young men aged 15 – 39 years. 53 new cases were diagnosed in South Africa in 2007. The five-year relative survival rate is over 95% for men with testicular cancer in South Africa. On the 10th April 2019, we spoke to author and founder of Love Your Nuts, Torsten Koehler. 

Torsten Koehler  was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1995 ironically whilst educating young teenagers about sex education at a school where he was employed as a teacher. 

His journey of survival resulted in him publishing a book where he was "openly confronting his thoughts and emotions, relating the reactions of his friends, family and not least, his students, who gave him enormous help and hope" The German version of his book “Love your nuts” was published in Germany in 2004 and thereafter in English in 2011.

Love Your Nuts (LYN) is a registered non-profit testicular cancer awareness campaign based in South Africa. The goal of Love Your Nuts is to raise awareness of (testicular) cancer by educating communities about the rarely spoken about cancer that often remains undetected in young adults due to our diverse society in South Africa, where cultural taboos, stigmas and a lack of knowledge about the subject is widespread. 

For more information visit:
http://www.love-your-nuts.com