Cancer screening awareness day at Mayenne hospital, Digi Mart USA News (Mayenne, France): An awareness day on screening for four cancers is being held in the lobby of the Mayenne hospital on Tuesday, November 10. The workshops are run by student nurses to inform patients, especially younger patients who are less reached by screening campaigns.
The workshops run until 5 p.m. on Tuesday and cover screening for breast cancer, cervical cancer, testicular cancer and colorectal cancer.
Prostate cancer is not among the diseases highlighted that day, even though it is the most common cancer among men in France, with about 60,000 new cases a year.
Géraldine Deniau, vice-president of the association Les Roses de May, one of the organizers, explained the choice. “It is sometimes necessary to make a choice.
Prostate cancer is regularly covered in the media. Testicular cancer, a little less so.
Student nurses are generally around 20 years old, and we found it important because it is one of the age groups in which men can be affected.”
Deniau said that holding the workshops in a large hospital lobby is a way “to reach the most people,” and that raising awareness among younger people also helps raise awareness among their relatives. She acknowledged that taboos remain around male cancers such as testicular cancer, noting that “this young audience tends to avoid the subject.” Having the sessions led by student nurses is intended to reach more young men.
