SAC Movember
Robert Leach is raising money for PROSTATE CANCER UK
Participants: SAC Movember
“SAC Movember”
on 2 November 2011
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The team at SAC Global Investors have decided to sacrifice their sartorial elegance and good looks for "Movember", in support of the Prostate Cancer Charity, a fabulous organisation which supports thousands of men through one of the most difficult of diseases.
Growing a variety of nasty moustaches though the month of November in support of this charity will be: Nick Aldridge, Darren Starr, Rob Leach, Sam Elsokari, Tony Eccles, Israa Al Bayaa, Alexi Papaconstantinou, Bramen Singanayagam, Stephen Dove, Stephen Biondini, Selim Hassan.. and potentially more!
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Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK. 37,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year. 250,000 men are currently living with the disease.
Normally the growth of all cells is carefully controlled in the body. As cells die, they are replaced in an orderly fashion. Cancer can develop when cells start to grow in an uncontrolled way. If this happens in the prostate gland, prostate cancer can develop.
Prostate cancer can grow slowly or very quickly. Most prostate cancer is slow-growing to start with and may never cause any problems or symptoms in a man's lifetime. However, some men will have cancer that is more aggressive or 'high risk.' This needs treatment to help prevent or delay it spreading outside the prostate gland.
The Prostate Cancer Charity was founded in 1996 in response to the urgent need to invest more in prostate cancer research and to raise public and political awareness of a long-neglected disease. We were established with the broad remit of improving the care and welfare of those affected by prostate cancer.
The Prostate Cancer Charity is now the UK's leading voluntary organisation working with people affected by prostate cancer.