Health

Movember: Trainers and taches for cancer research

To mark the end of Breast Cancer Month, the charity DD4 recently presented a cheque for almost €15,000 to Prof John Crown for the Cancer Clinical Research Trust (CCRT). Established in 2012 by Nicky Doyle (above), who has had breast cancer, DD4 aims to raise awareness of the disease and has generated a total of €60,000 for the Irish Cancer Society and the CCRT. See ccrt.ie; cancer.ie. Photograph: Jason Clarke
To mark the end of Breast Cancer Month, the charity DD4 recently presented a cheque for almost €15,000 to Prof John Crown for the Cancer Clinical Research Trust (CCRT). Established in 2012 by Nicky Doyle (above), who has had breast cancer, DD4 aims to raise awareness of the disease and has generated a total of €60,000 for the Irish Cancer Society and the CCRT. See ccrt.ie; cancer.ie. Photograph: Jason Clarke
Tue Nov 04 2014 - 01:00

More than 3,000 Irish men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year; one in eight Irish men will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime, and it accounts for 13 per cent of deaths in men.

Movember is the world’s largest nongovernmental funder of men’s health initiatives , and since 2008 it has raised €8.7 million for prostate cancer research and services in Ireland; the money goes to the Irish Cancer Society and the Movember Foundation’s global research initiative, GAP, which will prioritise prostate and testicular cancer and mental health this month.

So if you’re motived by Movember, register your cleanshaven upper lip today and then cultivate a moustache to further the fundraising. For full details, see movember.com