Patient Oriented Links

General Information on Testicular Cancer

• The Testicular Cancer Resource Center - The best place on the net for testicular cancer info!!
• NCI Information for Patients - A basic summary of the disease and its treatments / In Spanish
• NCI Comprehensive TC Site - Covers treatment, screening info, statistics, clinical trial info, etc.
• MedlinePlus - A portal to a wide range of TC info
• Oncolink's Testicular Cancer Page - Oncolink is one of the best cancer information sites on the web.
• Information from Macmillan on Testicular Cancer - Very informative and well done.
• Cancer.Net - An informative and in-depth site brought to you by the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
• Cancer Research UK's Information on Testicular Cancer - Pages of information on all aspects of TC!
• The Testicular Cancer Society - A site similar to the TCRC with lots of information and support for patients. Click on the Get Help menu item for helpful cancer info.
• Nuts & Bolts - Nuts & Bolts is Movember's stylish testicular cancer platform providing resources and tools for patients and caregivers. It is quite extensive and even entertaining. They also have a more traditional information page.
• The American Cancer Society's Testicular Cancer Information Pages - The information here is pretty good, though some of the links are repeated and the site is hard to navigate. Don't be surprised if the link doesn't work and it sticks you on the ACS home page.
• Comprehensive Testicular Cancer info from CancerConnect.com - The information here is well done and covers many details missed elsewhere. This site is a little hard to navigate and has a few minor errors, but it is still worth including here.
• Memorial Sloan Kettering's Testicular Cancer Information
• Weil Cornell Medicine - The Department of Urology's comprehensive Testicular Cancer information site
• Interdisziplinäre Arbeitsgruppe Hodentumoren - An excellent German Language site. Look at the patient information section.
• MedicineNet's Basic Overview of Testicular Cancer
• Testicular Cancer UK - Philly Morris' clever and (not quite as irreverent as it used to be) TC awareness site. The information here is more personal and is done through videos.

Testicular Self-Exam Instructions

A lot of people asked about shower cards showing instructions on how to do the TSE. The Testicular Cancer Foundation will send you one shower card for free. If you want more, contact them directly. The Sean Kimerling Foundation has shower cards and some downloadable educational materials as well as community education training. To get free shower cards, contact them via the email address listed on their site.

• The TCRC's Self Exam Page
• The Testicular Cancer Foundation's Self Exam Page - If you need pictures, they've got them (no, not that kind of picture!)
• Self Examination of the Testes - A very nicely illustrated discussion of the TSE
• Why Do I Need Testicular Exams? - An interesting article aimed at kids.