Check Your Chaps raises awareness of prostate cancer
Check Your Chaps is back for a second year, aiming to raise awareness of testicular and prostate cancer - two of the most common cancers in men.
We're encouraging men to check themselves and women to make sure their chaps are checking for signs and symptoms, in order to get us all more clued up and debunk any embarrassment - because early detection really does save lives.
This week we're focusing on prostate cancer, the most common form of male cancer, an awareness drive led by actress Gemma Oaten, whose own father survived the disease.
It was during last year's Check Your Chaps campaign that viewer Roy Forest realised something was wrong after Dr Hilary described the signs of symptoms of prostate cancer.
His wife, Jennie, encouraged him to have a medical check-up and within weeks he was diagnosed.
Shortly after his diagnosis, Roy had keyhole surgery to remove his prostate. As the cancer was caught in its earliest, most curable stages, it had not had a chance to spread.
Watch the full story below:
The Facts:
Prostate cancer:
Every year over 44,000 men in the UK will be diagnosed with prostate cancer - that's more than 120 men every day!
Every hour one man dies from prostate cancer – that's more than 10,500 men every year
It is the most common cancer in men in the UK and is estimated 1 in 8 men will develop the disease during their lifetime
These numbers are likely to increase dramatically over the next 5-10 years
Symptoms include needing to urinate more often and a weak flow
Testicular cancer:
More than 2,200 men will be diagnosed with testicular cancer in the UK each year
It most commonly affects men between the ages of 15-45 and is statistically the most common cancer in men aged between 25-49 in the UK
Symptoms include a painless lump or swelling and discomfort in the testicles
If detected early, there is a 98% cure rate
Extras:
How to perform a testicular self-examination
Matthew Wolfenden talks testicles with Emmerdale cast
Matthew Wolfenden meets testicular cancer survivors
60 Second Cereal with Matthew Wolfenden
Check Your Chaps is supported by Prostate Cancer UK and male cancer charity Orchid.
Anyone with concerns about prostate cancer may contact Prostate Cancer UK's Specialist Nurses in confidence by phone or online via the Live Chat instant messaging.