He Took a Pregnancy Test as a Joke—but the Results Turned His Life Upside-Down

Multiple Possibilities

Ted Gansler, director of medical content for the ACS, wrote that “only a small minority of men” with testicular cancer will produce enough beta-HCG to be detected by a home pregnancy test. He added that a number of underlying conditions can cause false positive results—not just cancer.

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