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cancerboi 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Cancer rates are rising in young people

30 y/o male with stage 3c testicular cancer. Diagnosis at age 29.

I have a very rare type of cancer and this particular type of cancer has increased in numbers for young men.

jlcx 3 months ago | [–]

3c here as well. The doctors were surprised that it had spread to my bones, and it didn’t show up on the CT scans that they were using for surveillance.

jakesgates 3 months ago | | [–]

What made you get it checked out initially?

AnonMessiah 3 months ago | [–]

I thankfully caught mine at stage 1 and had lefty removed just after turning 22

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