Employees of Lagoa City Hall wore blue clothes this Thursday, November 29, to alert to the importance of early detection of prostate cancer.
The Algarve municipality thus joined the “Novembro Azul” movement of the Portuguese League against Cancer.
Similar to the gesture adopted last October with the “Onda Rosa” campaign, which aims to awaken the population to breast cancer, the Municipality of Lagoa has now promoted this awareness campaign for the importance of early detection of prostate cancer.
In Portugal, this is the most common type of cancer among male citizens, which is why new ways of preventing, detecting and treating it are urgently needed.
The “Novembro Azul” campaign coincides with the commemoration of the World Day to Combat Prostate Cancer, which is celebrated every 17th of November.
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