Everyman Male Cancer Awareness Month: Weaver Vale’s Prospective MP Graham Evans urges Cheshire men to ‘keep their eye on the ball’ : Graham Evans, Conservative MP for Weaver Vale
Graham Evans, Conservative MP for Weaver Vale

Everyman Male Cancer Awareness Month: Weaver Vale’s Prospective MP Graham Evans urges Cheshire men to ‘keep their eye on the ball’

Cllr Graham Evans , the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Weaver Vale, has this week highlighted the fact that June is the 11th Everyman Male Cancer Awareness Month.

Everyman’s campaign urges people across the country to focus on prostate and testicular cancer to increase both awareness and funding for vital research into these cancers.

Graham said:  “Male cancers, in particular prostate and testicular cancer, do not always get the publicity they need. It is vitally important, if combating the disease is to get the funding it needs, that we rectify this. Everyman’s excellent campaign seeks to do just that.

“Men can find it very difficult to talk about what is a very personal issue, however, I would urge my fellow males across Weaver Vale and Cheshire to cast off their embarrassment this month and join Everyman in trying to raise awareness of male cancers.

“Research conducted by Everyman suggests that only 28% of men check their testicles regularly for signs of testicular cancer. While testicular cancer is still quite rare the number of instances of the disease has more than doubled since 1975.

“Thanks to advances made at the Everyman Centre, testicular cancer is 99% curable if caught early. With treatment, the overall cure rate is over 95%. This underlines the importance of regular checks and a visit to the local doctors’ surgery if necessary.

“In the words of the excellent Football Association campaign to raise awareness of testicular cancer I would urge Cheshire men to ‘keep their eye on the ball’ on this vital issue.

“Prostate cancer has overtaken lung cancer to become the most common cancer in men. Nearly 35,000 men are diagnosed every year in the UK. Around 10,000 men die from prostate cancer every year in the UK – this works out at a staggering one death an hour.

“It is equally vital that regular checks are made for prostate cancer. If you are suffering from any of the symptoms associated with prostate cancer visit your GP as soon as possible so that the cause can be diagnosed and any relevant treatment administered.

“This June I hope that men across Cheshire will begin to ignore the embarrassment that surrounds these cancers and ensure they keep an eye on their health and encourage their friends and family to do the same.”

To find out more go to:  http://www.icr.ac.uk/everyman/index.html 

JUNE 2008