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I think you may have misread the article. According your link, the American Cancer Society states that, "Men with risk factors, such as an undescended testicle, previous testicular cancer, or a family member who has had this cancer should seriously think about monthly self-exams. If you have risk factors, talk it over with a doctor. Each man has to decide for himself whether to examine his testicles each month." It also said it, "does not have a recommendation about regular testicular self-exams for all men." Perhaps you missed the "all."
The American Cancer Society is made up of members that profit from an increased amount of cancer treatment. The fact that they write something that points people to taking up testicular self-exams doesn't mean that they are having evidence for that.
They protested when the US government reduced breast cancer screening that produced unnecessary operations.
When medicial society writes something like that it means they don't have evidence for whether it's a useful practice.
If there would be evidence that a particular subgroup would benefit than the article would point it out that the evidence exist.