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A member asked:
If you only have one testicle remaining does that make you less likely to get testicular cancer than if you had both?
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Yes: Each testicle's risk of developing cancer is independent of the other so you're 50% less likely compared to having both although this assumes that you didn't lose 1st one to cancer.
Answered 12/29/2015
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