World Cancer Day 2024 - February 4th 2024
With this year's theme, “Together, we challenge those in power,” advocates urge global leaders to eliminate health inequities in cancer care and address their root causes.
World Cancer Day is an important day and momentum for us
World Cancer Day is an important day and momentum for us to reflect on how we are contributing and collaborating with the cancer community to close the cancer care gap. This World Cancer Day is a powerful opportunity to speak out, to call for action, to listen to cancer patients and their families, and to give them a voice.The day aims to promote awareness about cancer. It also helps to strengthen actions that strive to improve cancer care, detection, preventive measures and treatment. Cancer is a large group of diseases that can affect any organ or tissue of the body - and everyone.
All people at average risk should start testing at age 45, so talk to your health care provider if you haven't started yet. There are several testing and cancer screening options. Talk with your doctor or a healthcare provider about which tests are best for you and how often testing should be done.
Men have higher cancer mortality rates for all sites combined compared to women.
Cancer screening participation is important for the early detection of cancer. Men and women believed cancer screenings were effective, though a higher percentage of men had never had a past cancer screening . Men were less willing to participate in a cancer screening at the present time and in a skin cancer exam; however, when given descriptions of screening conditions, men indicated more willingness to participate.
Though this discrepancy is primarily due to their poorer use of primary prevention strategies, gender differences in early detection practices will certainly also contribute. There are studies and evidence of differences in the prompt presentation of symptoms and the adoption of screening behaviors between men and women. It is observed that men are less likely to self-examine and are more likely to delay reporting cancer symptoms to a doctor.
Delays in symptom presentation and less self-examination are likely due to men's lesser knowledge about cancer, inadequate awareness of cancer warning signs, and relatively little contact with healthcare professionals, as well as toxic masculinity. Although aspects of the male gender role may conflict with participation in positive health behaviors and seeking help, efforts need to be made to increase awareness, understanding, and compliance in men if they are to benefit from the health advantages that early detection and screening can offer.
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