A study conducted by the Cancer Research U.K. has found that the number of young British men, who have their testicles checked for signs of cancer, has tripled in the last decade.

In 1990 only 10 percent of men checked their testicles, but this increased to more than 36 percent by 2000.

Cancer Research UK scientists quizzed 17,000 students in 21 European countries in year 1990 and later on they surveyed another 19,000 10 years later. The examination rate in British men in 2000 was double the European average. Across Europe the number of students who checked their testicles increased from 13 percent to 18 percent.

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A new technique has been developed at Singapore’s National University Hospital to detect cancer in its earliest stages, a team of researchers said on Saturday.

Called an “optical biopsy,” the technique can detect so-called pre-cancers - collections of a few hundred malignant cells lurking among millions of healthy cells - that usually fly under the radar of standard cancer screenings.  

By using near-infrared fluorescence imaging, doctors may spot cancer risk before any physical signs appear.

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