Darren embarks on Testicle Tour
20 June 2008
Testicular cancer survivor Darren Couchmen is about to begin a 66 day "Testicle Tour" across England visiting towns with references to male genitalia.
The tongue in cheek event aims to raise awareness of testicular cancer and much needed funds for male cancer research.
Find out more about Darren by watching the BBC Look East television story or This Morning.
You can also see more on Darren's supporter page.
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For more information about the Everyman Campaign please contact:
Dominique Vincent
020 7153 5312 or, out of hours, 07721 747900
Notes to Editor
• This June is the Everyman’s 11th annual Everyman Male Cancer Awareness Month, to raise awareness of prostate and testicular cancer – diseases that together affect around 37,000 men every year.
• Everyman is a campaign run by The Institute of Cancer Research, to raise awareness and fund research into testicular and prostate cancer at The Everyman Centre – Europe’s first and only centre dedicated to male cancer research.
• The Institute of Cancer Research is Europe’s leading cancer research centre with expert scientists working on cutting edge research. It was founded in 1909 to carry out research into the causes of cancer and to develop new strategies for its prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care. Website at: www.icr.ac.uk
• Prostate cancer has overtaken lung cancer to become the most common cancer in men affecting almost 35,000 men every year in the UK. One man dies of prostate cancer in the UK every hour.
• Testicular cancer is the most common form of cancer in men aged between 15 and 44, with about 2,000 cases a year in the UK. Incidence is increasing dramatically – by almost 4-fold in the last 50 years, but thanks to advances made at Everyman, testicular cancer is 99% curable if caught early, and with treatment the overall cure rate is 95%.
