 accounts for 95 per cent of cases. Actor Tim Roth's son Cormac, 25, died from Choriocarcinoma, a form of germ-cell cancer. Besides age, race and ethnicity are also factors, advises Karen. She adds: 'The risk is higher in the US and Europe and lower in Africa and Asia.' Testicular cancer has successful long-term cure rates, around 98 per centCredit: Shutterstock THE STATS: According to the NHS, around 2,300 men in the UK are diagnosed with testicular cancer each year. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS: Lumps in the testicles, or pain or swelling that wasn't there before and doesn't feel right. CHECK YOURSELF: Get familiar with your testicles — a quick check in the shower is most effective. Karen says: 'Not all irregularities mean cancer){kind=link}
IT’S the month when facial hair goes into overdrive to raise money for charity Movember and awareness of men’s health.
As well as mental health, that means male cancers – survival rates have been steadily improving since the 1990s, but more needs to be done.
Karen Robb, director of programme implementation for cancer at Movember, says: “For prostate cancer alone, we need to develop new tools to accurately distinguish cancers that require aggressive treatment from those that will never threaten a man’s life, thus sparing some men from aggressive treatments.
“Another goal is to improve the quality of life of men living with prostate cancer.”
Some 14,000 cases of prostate cancer were missed in the pandemic due to delays in accessing care, while three in four men want better access to treatment information, says charity Prostate Cancer UK.