According to the World Cancer Research Fund the prostate and testicular cancers were 4th and 27th most common cancers worldwide in 2022, with more than 1.4 million and 72,000 new cases discovered.
The month November is now for more than 2 decades dedicated to raising awareness about both cancers thanks to the movement Movember, which started as an idea from Australia about fashion trends and bringing moustaches back, coupled with the campaign about men’s health. The name of the movement originates from Australian-English diminutive word ”mo” for moustache and the month ”November”.
Since 2003 the idea successfully went beyond Australia’s boundaries and is nowadays world-wide phenomen. If you see in November more men with moustaches than usually, the most likely reason is prostate and testicular cancers prevention campaign, since moustaches are the distinctive sign of the movement. Another well-known Movember activity is to run or walk 60 kilometres during November, which is connected with the mental health and suicide prevention as further focus areas of the movement. The movement Movember supported in 22 years more than 1320 projects and their activities are engaging more and more contributors – known as Mo Bros and Mo Sistas – every year.
Beside prostate and testicular cancers, November is awareness month also for neuroendocrine tumours, gastric, lung and pancreatic cancers, as stated by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR).
Therefore, you can expect many different activities and events through the November. Project IFIGENEIA will for example host in Ljubljana (Slovenia) on 11 November 2025 invited lecture Next generation technologies that can impact cancer therapy: FLASH, SFRT and TRNT with Prof. Dr. DABR. Joao Seco. Topic perfectly complements IFIGENEIA’s main objective of addressing challenges of modern nuclear medicine by introducing advanced LINAC (Linear Accelerator) technology as a sustainable and environmentally friendly alternative to traditional radioisotope production sources.