The Fouillade. With Blue November, the prevention of male cancers

Still in its role of prevention, coupled with awareness-raising, and effectively awaiting the opening of the premises currently under construction near the Jean-Lafon public school, the Maison de Santé Pluriprofessionnelle les Serènes (MSP) is putting forward throughout the month of November information on the fight against male cancers, with Operation Blue November. After the steamroller, on a national scale, of Pink October which saw an increase in actions to prevent female cancers and in particular breast cancers, this moment of significant commitment in favor of awareness and prevention of male cancers continues the course of action.

This period is specially dedicated to educating and mobilizing men around the crucial importance of early detection of specific cancers that affect their health, particularly those affecting the testicles and prostate. It is therefore in this context that the MSP is organizing a Cinema-debate evening around the documentary “Un mal pour le male”, which will be screened Thursday November 21 at 7 p.m. in the Salle des Bruyères at La Fouillade. The debate will be moderated by Doctor Giolitto, Urologist at Villefranche University Hospital.

Today, prostate cancer screening is at the heart of a war of experts.

On the one hand, health authorities are opposed to it. Men would be worried and operated on for nothing. On the other hand, urologists believe that not screening is to risk missing an aggressive cancer. So without symptoms, should we track down the slightest abnormal cell? Should we treat all cancers? Faced with divisions in the medical world, patients have a hard time finding their way. Prostate cancer grows slowly and often without any symptoms.

With more than 50,000 new cases each year, it is the most common cancer in men. But not the deadliest. When everything is going well, the prostate is the size of a walnut. But, as we age, in almost all men, it begins to grow. And the difficulty is to differentiate between more or less aggressive tumors. This is all that Chloé Buffard’s documentary evokes. Free entry.