3. Lung Cancer
Coming in third is lung cancer with estimates that 1 in 82 SA men will develop lung cancer, according to the NCR 2017. When symptoms appear, they include shortness of breath, cough, a change in sputum, chest pain, noisy breathing, hoarseness, and coughing up blood. Screening may include examining the lungs with a fiberoptic telescope, sampling sputum for cancer cells or doing a CT scan. Read more about lung cancer…
Smoking accounts for the majority of preventable lung cancers, and the best way to prevent the disease is to not use tobacco products and avoid second-hand smoke. #NoTobacco
CANSA can assess your risk with a Smokerlyzer device – carbon monoxide is an invisible, odourless, toxic gas formed during tobacco smoking. The Smokerlyzer device is used to measure the exhaled air of the carbon monoxide levels and guides as an awareness tool to educate and encourage quitting the use of tobacco products, and also to be aware of being exposed to pollution and secondary smoke.
If someone stops smoking, the risk of developing lung cancer falls dramatically and after approximately 15 years, the chance of developing the disease is similar to that of a non-smoker. In the event of a smoker quitting, health benefits may be experienced immediately…
Join the CANSA Kickbutt online support programme and Allen Carr’s Easyway to Stop Smoking Programme to help you quit for good, and find other tips to help you quit… Treatment depends on the location of the cancer and how far advanced it is. Treatment may include surgery, radiation, chemotherapy or a combination.
Diagnosis & Support
If you suspect that you have lung cancer, you need to contact your medical practitioner in order that the proper screening tests be performed.
If you have been diagnosed with lung cancer, please contact your local CANSA Care Centre so that our staff can offer you and your loved ones care & support, including medical equipment hire, wigs, counselling, support groups, online support groups and resources, as well as CANSA Care Homes where patients receiving treatment far from home can stay during treatment.
Staff can also help guide you through the public health care system.Fact Sheet: Lung Cancer
4. Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, is cancer of the lymphoid tissue, which includes the lymph nodes, spleen and other organs of the immune system. It is the fourth most common cancer and it is estimated that 1 in 160 SA men will develop Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma according to the NCR 2016.
Symptoms may include night sweats; itching; swollen lymph nodes in neck, underarms, groin or other areas; if cancer affects the brain headaches, concentration problems, personality changes or seizures may occur; fever and chills; weight loss; abdominal pain or swelling, which may lead to loss of appetite, constipation, nausea and vomiting; coughing or shortness of breath if the cancer affects the thymus gland or lymph nodes in the chest. Screening involves a doctor performing a physical exam and checking body areas with lymph nodes to feel if they are swollen. A biopsy of suspect tissue (usually a lymph node biopsy) will be done. A bone marrow biopsy may also be done.
Diagnosis & Support
If you suspect that you have Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, you need to contact your medical practitioner in order that the proper screening tests be performed.
If you have been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, please contact your local CANSA Care Centre so that our staff can offer you and your loved ones care & support, including medical equipment hire, wigs, counselling, support groups, online support groups and resources, as well as CANSA Care Homes where patients receiving treatment far from home can stay during treatment.
Staff can also help guide you through the public health care system.Fact Sheet:Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
5. Bladder Cancer
And the fifth most common cancer in South African men is bladder cancer affecting 1 in 143 men, according to the NCR 2017. The largest risk factor that can be avoided is smoking, which doubles the chance of bladder cancer.
No screening is available, however blood in the urine, a change in urine colour, the need to go frequently and burning pain are some of the symptoms. Screening tests may include cystoscopy, biopsy and laboratory and imaging tests.
Surgery is the most common treatment. Additional treatments may include: administering drugs directly into the bladder; chemotherapy or radiation therapy.
If someone stops smoking, the risk of developing cancer falls dramatically and after approximately 15 years, the chance of developing the disease is similar to that of a non-smoker. In the event of a smoker quitting, health benefits may be experienced immediately… Join the CANSA Kickbutt online cessation programme and Allen Carr’s Easyway to Stop Smoking Programme to help you quit for good, and find other tips to help you quit…
Diagnosis & Support
If you suspect that you have bladder cancer, you need to contact your medical practitioner in order that the proper screening tests be performed.
If you have been diagnosed with bladder cancer, please contact your local CANSA Care Centre so that our staff can offer you and your loved ones care & support, including medical equipment hire, wigs, counselling, support groups, online support groups and resources, as well as CANSA Care Homes where patients receiving treatment far from home can stay during treatment.
Staff can also help guide you through the public health care system.Fact Sheet: Bladder Cancer
Testicular Cancer
The lifetime risk for Testicular Cancer in men in South Africa, is 1 in 1 737, according to the 2017 National Cancer Registry.
Most Testicular Cancers can be detected early – a lump or swelling may be the first sign that a medical practitioner should be consulted.
Reduce Risk Through Self-Examination
It’s important for young men to start testicular self-examinations soon after puberty.
Men from the age 15 to 49 years need to examine their testicles each month, preferably after a bath or shower, to feel for any pea-sized lumps that could indicate Testicular Cancer.
Learn more about Testicular Cancer, symptoms, screening, self-examination and reducing risk:
- Fact Sheet: Testicular Cancer
- Leaflet: Self-examination & FAQs
- How to do a Testicular Self-Examination: English | Afrikaans
- Bookmark: CANSA Men’s Health Awareness
- Endodermal Sinus Tumour of the Testicles Fact Sheet
- Testicular Cancer & Male Fertility Fact Sheet
How to do a Testicular Self-Examination… – source self exam graphic: http://www.testicularcancerawarenessfoundation.org/
Diagnosis & Support
If you have been diagnosed with testicular cancer, please contact your local CANSA Care Centre so that our staff can offer you and your loved ones care & support, including medical equipment hire, wigs, counselling, support groups, online support groups and resources, as well as CANSA Care Homes where patients receiving treatment far from home can stay during treatment.
Staff can also help guide you through the public health care system.
Testi-monials to Encourage Men to Talk Balls – for their Health
Testi-monials, a campaign created by FCB Cape Town for CANSA which is setting out to remove the awkwardness around talking about testicular cancer, and drive awareness about how important it is that men not only talk balls but take care of them too.
The campaign features testicles giving their own testi-monials about cancer and how they have been personally affected. They will give advice on how to self-examine and help detect signs and symptoms. Read more…
Testi-monials will live on www.testi-monials.co.za where people can ask the campaign’s testi-ambassador their health related questions, including:
- How is testicular cancer diagnosed?
- What are the treatments for testicular cancer?
- What are the symptoms of testicular cancer?
- And many other pertinent questions relating to testicular cancer…
The testi-ambassador will give it to you straight, so there’s no need to beat around the bush.
Back to Normal – Award winning ‘Boys’ back in new campaign for CANSA:
In June 2016 the CANSA Testi-monial video won a Silver Cannes Lions Award and in August, the video won three local Loerie Awards. The Loeries are awards granted locally for local advertising excellence in South Africa.
Loeries were awarded in the following categories:
- Gold Loerie: Digital & Interactive – Social Media
- Craft Gold Loerie: Digital Crafts – Animation
- Silver Loerie: Digital & Interactive – Microsite
November 2017 – FCB Cape Town receives recognition for CANSA Testi-monial campaign at 2017 Care Awards…