Chris Fountain appears in Cosmopolitan magazine for the Everyman Campaign
Chris Fountain, actor in Hollyoaks and a contestant in ITV1's 'Dancing on Ice', appears in Cosmopolitan magazine for the Everyman Campaign.
The Everyman Campaign raises awareness of male cancer, namely prostate and testicular cancer, by raising awareness of the issues surrounding both forms of the disease and encouraging men to self examine for the signs of testicular cancer.
Chris Fountain, who players Justin Burton in the Channel 4 soap 'Hollyoaks' and is also currently taking part in the third series of ITV1's Dancing in Ice, has appeared in the March issue of Cosmopolitan to raise awareness of the Everyman Campaign.
Cosmopolitan magazine is helping to raise awareness of male cancer by running its celebrity naked male centrefold features in conjunction with Everyman each month.
Past Cosmopolitan centrefolds include Sol Campbell, David James, Simon Jones and Jack Osbourne.
Dermot O'Leary - Patron of the Everyman Campaign
Dermot O'Leary is a patron of the Everyman Campaign, with celebrity supporters including Jason Cundy, Rachel Stevens, David James and Sam Allardyce.
"Having had personal experience of a loved one who has suffered from cancer I am delighted and proud to be a patron of Everyman." Dermot O'Leary
Singer Robbie Williams has also previously appeared in campaigns for Everyman to raise awareness of testicular cancer and encouraging men to regularly examine themselves for early diagnosis of the disease.
Rachel Stevens also appeared in an advert to encourage men from 15 and over to regularly self examine themselves to notice changes in their testicles.
View the Rachel Stevens Everyman advert here (opens in a new window).
Everyman Campaign
source: http://www.everyman-campaign.org/index.html
Testicular Cancer
Testicular cancer primarily affects younger men and is the most common form of cancer in men aged between 15 and 44.
Testicular cancer is still quite rare, with nearly 2,000 new cases a year in the UK.
Since 1975, the incidence of testicular cancer has more than doubled - and the reasons for this are not yet known.
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%.
Testicular cancer causes around 70 deaths every year in the UK.
Download the Everyman Campaign testicular cancer fact sheet as a PDF here.
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Find out more about testicular cancer here: http://www.everyman-campaign.org/testicular/index.html
Prostate Cancer
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.
This increasing incidence is largely due to a higher number of cases being diagnosed, (through the greater use of PSA tests), and the influence of an ageing population.
Around 10,000 men die from prostate cancer every year in the UK. This works out as over one man every hour.
The majority of men with prostate cancer are aged over 60 years. Although this cancer can also occur in younger individuals, it is very rare under the age of 50.
Download the Everyman Campaign prostate cancer fact sheet as a PDF here.
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Find out more about prostate cance here: http://www.everyman-campaign.org/prostate/index.html
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