I'm new to the sub and not entirely sure how I feel about it. But I was recently diagnosed with a benign growth on my left testicle. No cancer! However, my urologist tells me that if this had been cancer, I would have been in a late stage and despite testicular cancer not being particularly aggressive, I would have been in dire condition.

Why would I have been in dire condition? Because I had no idea what I was doing. I had very subtle aches in my groin but nothing too far out of the ordinary. I did not perform any kind of routine checks on my testicles. Honestly, I wasn't even too sure what my testicles were supposed to feel like, so even if I had searched for a lump I'm not sure I would have been able to identify it.

Testicular cancer is not an extremely aggressive cancer. In fact, from what I've heard, survival rates are over 95%. This is fantastic. However, the primary demographic is 14-34 year olds. A lot of men who get testicular cancer have no idea until it's too late, or are just unaware of what's going on.

Relevant: Teenager who spent eight months plucking up the courage to mention a lump in his testicle died from cancer just two weeks after seeing a doctor

There are so many media outlets including the NFL, businesses, corporate charities, etc. dedicated to breast cancer and I'm sure everyone and their mother knows about breast cancer, the signs of it, etc. But what about testicular cancer?

Both are super important. Obviously. I'm not trying to draw a gender divide here... so I'm not even sure why I'm posting this here... I just want fewer people to die. Or at least fewer people to go through cancer. I want to hear what you all think.