Manned Up Conversations Let's Get Real About Prostate Cancer with Dr Viola Morolo
According to studies 1 in 15 men in South Africa will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime. This affects between 1 in 4 to 1 in 6 black men compared to 1 in 8 to 1 in 9 white men in South Africa.
To help us Get Real About Prostate Cancer and wrap up our series on Men's Health, my guest shares her experience in assisting men with their urological conditions. We define what exactly is the prostate, how it functions and gets infected. Known to spread through the body if not detected early on, we highlight the importance of screening and options available for treatment. We end our conversation by encouraging men and their partners to not only get informed but to incorporate annual checkups into their lifestyle and reduce their aversion to this invasive but life-saving method.
Dr. Viola Morolo is a specialist Urologist, a fellow of the college of Urologists of South Africa who completed her FC Urol (SA) and MMed (Urol) with the University of Pretoria. She is the first female Urologist to graduate at the University of Pretoria. It was while practising in the field of occupational health that her interest in Urology was intensified, due to the significant number of patients she assessed that presented with urological conditions, in particular possible urological cancers.
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Website: Africa Urology
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