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British men rely on the pregnancy test to detect cancer and get lucky

2022-04-19

Byron Geldard, a 19-year-old man from the United Kingdom, suffered from physical discomfort last year. After he had finished the ultrasound in the hospital, the doctor initially diagnosed that he had a tumor in his body and had spread to the lungs, but he was not sure which type of cancer he had.

He was later referred to the Cambridge hospital by the Teenage Cancer Trust and was asked to have a urine checkup.

After the doctor used the pregnancy test, the results were positive. Geldard was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer, and the cancer cells spread to the abdominal cavity and lungs, and chemotherapy was immediately performed. Fortunately, after repeated chemotherapy, his hormone index gradually decreased from the super high standard, and the tumor began to gradually decrease. He was treated with tumor resection in December last year and has recovered.

Experts pointed out that in recent years, the use of pregnancy test rods to detect testicular cancer is becoming more and more common. The main reason is that the testicular cancer produces chorionic gonadotropin hormone (Hcg Hormone), which is also produced in female pregnancy when the placenta grows.

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