Everyman in Your Life - Male Cancer Month
A survey conducted by Everyman in 2006 revealed that only 28% of men check their testicles regularly for signs of testicular cancer. A similar survey conducted by Everyman a few years ago also revealed that only 19% of men checked their testicles regularly.
Did you know:
- Prostate cancer has overtaken lung cancer to become the most common cancer in men.
- More than 35,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year in the UK.
- Testicular cancer primarily affects younger men and is the most common form of cancer in men aged between 15 and 44.
- Testicular cancer is still quite rare, with nearly 2,000 new cases a year in the UK.
- Since 1975, the incidence of testicular cancer has more than doubled - and the reasons for this are not yet known.
So whilst the number of men checking themselves regularly remains low, there are signs that awareness in men is increasing.
Everyman is a campaign that was launched by The Institute of Cancer Research in 1997.
It was launched it for 3 main reasons:
- The incidence of prostate and testicular cancers was rising dramatically.
- A lack of funds meant that too little research had been carried out.
- Men were (and many still are) notoriously bad at discussing health matters.
Which added up to one big reason - too many men were dying from prostate and testicular cancer.
Everyman was launched to do 2 things:
- To break the taboos surrounding prostate and testicular cancer and raise awareness of them amongst men and women.
- To raise funds so that our scientists could carry out research vital to improving the outlook for every man - and so cross out male cancer.
For more information or to get involved, visit www.everyman-campaign.org
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