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2023-03-14 15:14:32 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Sudden death due to testicular cancer is, thankfully, very rare but can and does happen. Study from 1990: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2171245/ 1994: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7500863/ And there were 4 deaths per 100k males age 20-24 from testicular cancer in the UK 2017-2019 https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/statistics-by-cancer-type/testicular-cancer/mortality#heading-One Also, Bangor is in Northern Ireland - part of the UK not Ireland

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• Sudden death due to testicular cancer is, thankfully, very rare but can and does happen. Study from 1990: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2171245/ 1994: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7500863/ And there were 4 deaths per 100k males age 20-24 from testicular cancer in the UK 2017-2019 https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/statistics-by-cancer-type/testicular-cancer/mortality#heading-One Also, Bangor is in Northern Ireland - part of the UK not Ireland