a real movie of balls to raise awareness of testicular cancer

Petanque players are gathered in one place and one of them explains how he takes care of his "material": for their new testicular cancer awareness campaign, launched Tuesday, November 6, Movember and Cerhom (French badociation for the fight against human cancer, testicular cancer, prostate cancer and genitourinary cancer) chose humor.

Promote self-palpation

"We can not laugh with our material, we really have to take care of it is vital" explains one of the men in the video, all are actors of series or cinema. Among them, Theo Bertrand of "Most beautiful life", Frederic Bouraly "Scenes of Household", or Theo Fernandez, who shot in "The Tuches". All these actors sensitize to a taboo subject: the health of the testicles.

Self-palpation can detect very simply any abnormal mbad in a testicle. Plus, it's easy because it's comparative. If there is a mbad or abnormal shape, you should consult a doctor to see if it is a tumor. Men are often slow to consult while the 5-year survival rate for testicular cancer is 99% when taken on time.

The macho complex

According to American Dr. Jay Raman, this is due to the "macho complex", men prefer to wait and see if the problem will not resolve itself before showing their private parts to a health professional. Some fear the removal of the testicle and this anxiety can delay the time of the first consultation.

Testicular cancer affects young men, between puberty and 40 years, but it can also appear around 50 years. The prevention video ends with a final message to promote self-palpation: "Testicular cancer is not a game, remember to regularly inspect your material".

Movember is not just a mustache!

The Movember Foundation was made famous by its awareness campaign, every year in November, it encourages men to grow a mustache to talk about male cancers, which are mainly testicular cancer and prostate cancer.

The badociation also raises funds for research. In 2015, a study carried out thanks to these donations made it possible to highlight the role of family genetics in the appearance of testicular cancers: in 49% of cases, hereditary genetic defects are at the origin of the disease.

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