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News Date: Monday 4th July 2005

Tim supports launch of new website aiming to save lives

With the hope of alerting men to the danger of prostate and testicular cancers, Tim Loughton MP is promoting a new website that encourages men to attend regular preventative health checks and screenings.

The Institute of Cancer Research's Everyman Campaign has created a website that aims to achieve a reduction in prostate and testicular cancer deaths that will equal the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Campaign results. The website will be highly informative with diverse content including case studies on those that have experienced and prevented male cancers, games, competitions and useful links.

Tim commented:

"With 30,000 cases of prostate cancer diagnosed very year, it is essential that we move forward to develop better screening in order to increase each patients chances of survival. I am delighted to be supporting an initiative that has the potential to reduce the number of cancer deaths. Testicular cancer is particularly prevalent among young men. It is of huge concern that the number of cases has nearly doubled in the last twenty years.'

ENDS

Note to Editor:

1) Modern technology and medicine have made cancer treatments increasingly successful. If men are made more aware of the danger that prostate and testicular cancer pose, then the chances of early diagnosis, and thus survival, are greatly increased.

2) For more information on the website, visit www.check-em.com.

This website is maintained through the Parliamentary Office Costs Allowance and by Tim Loughton personally