South African Runners Don Cheeky Attire for Annual Race to Spotlight Prostate Cancer
The annual race spotlights South Africa’s most common cancer, and survivors joined hundreds of runners to urge earlier screening.
- On Friday, hundreds of men ran through Johannesburg wearing only purple swim briefs to participate in the annual Hollard Daredevil Race, raising awareness about prostate cancer.
- Organizers launched the race to combat the stigma surrounding South Africa's most common cancer, which is rarely discussed openly among men in the country.
- Studies from 2023 reveal that more than 80% of men in certain regions know nothing about screening methods, with many presenting only when the disease is advanced.
- Prostate Cancer Foundation chief executive Andrew Oberholzer noted that if caught early, "more than 99% of men are alive five years later."
- Cancer survivor Riyaad Kriel, who has been running for 45 years, participated in the event to encourage other men to get screened.
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Johannesburg men run in purple briefs to raise prostate cancer awareness
A sea of purple briefs takes over Johannesburg. Men hit the streets on Friday for the Hollard Daredevil Run, raising awareness about prostate cancer, now the most commonly diagnosed cancer in South Africa.
South African runners don cheeky attire for annual race to spotlight prostate cancer – WTOP News
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hundreds of runners in purple briefs took to the streets of Johannesburg on Friday to raise awareness of prostate cancer. The men took part in the Hollard Daredevil Race, an annual event highlighting what researchers describe as the most common cancer in South Africa. Organizers say the disease is rarely discussed openly...
South African runners don cheeky attire for annual race to spotlight p
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hundreds of runners in purple briefs took to the streets of Johannesburg on Friday to raise awareness of prostate cancer . The men took part in the Hollard Daredevil Race, an annual event highlighting
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South African runners don cheeky attire for annual race to spotlight prostate cancer
Johannesburg men run in purple briefs to raise prostate cancer awareness » Africa Global Village
A crowd of men ran through Johannesburg in purple swim briefs on Friday to raise awareness about prostate cancer. They were taking part in the Hollard Daredevil Race, an annual event that seeks to draw attention to what researchers say is now the most common cancer in South Africa. According to the organizers, prostate cancer is not a topic often…
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