Despite years of education, there are still misconceptions and myths about prostate cancer screening and prostate cancer.
Vienna (OTS) – The Austrian Cancer Aid, together with Austria’s urologists, has collected the most frequent fake news and produced amusing videos from it under the direction of Gerald Fleischhacker. This is not only intended to provide information, but above all to call for an early diagnosis check-up once more.
“Unfortunately, we men are still ignorant of precaution,” explains Krebshilfe President Univ.-Prof. Dr. Paul Sevelda the motives for the action. “Stress, too many appointments and, above all, misconceptions such as ‘it always only affects the other person anyway’ or ‘I’m healthy anyway’ lead to the fact that we do not take early diagnosis examinations – or do it too late.”
It is precisely these misconceptions that persist. “In our work, we urologists keep hearing – more or less – absurd excuses about prostate cancer early detection, but also about treatment.”
, reports Univ. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Horninger, President of the Austrian Society for Urology. “Even if we constantly educate people about it, this fake news persists.”
Reason enough to dispel the myths and fake news about prostate cancer as part of this year’s Loose Tie campaign. “We have collected the most frequent false reports from our daily experiences and staged them with a wink”
, explains the President of the Professional Association of Austrian Urologists Dr. Karl Dorfinger. “With these videos we not only want to educate, but also encourage men to do early detection.”
Video series “Fake News Prostate Cancer”
Once again, it is thanks to Gerald Fleischhacker’s commitment that the collected fake news about men’s health and prostate cancer was presented in an amusing way and with an ironic wink. “We owe Gerald Fleischhacker not only the script and direction of the videos, but also the support of many of his colleagues, who of course made themselves available”
, Krebshilfe managing director Mag. Martina Löwe is pleased about the great commitment. Together with doctors from the Austrian Society for Urology and the Professional Association of Austrian Urologists, Angelika Niedetzky, Gery Seidl, Aida Loos, Günther Lainer, Verena Scheitz, Gerald Fleischhacker, Eva Pölzl and Norbert Oberhauser clear up the most common mistakes.
Video-Reihe Fake News:
# 1 “Self-diagnosis”: Gery Seidl & Dr. Isabel Heidegger-Pircher
Gery Seidl explains that a man can pee standing up, but does not recognize whether his prostate is healthy.
# 2 “I’m not missing anything anyway”: Aida Loos & Dr. Karl Dorfinger
Aida Loos puts the male body awareness into perspective and explains why it is important to go to prostate cancer early detection from the age of 45.
# 3 “Dangerous cycling”: Günther Lainer & Dr. Ingrid Berger
Günther Lainer explains why cycling does not damage the prostate, but rather serves as a preventive measure against cancer.
# 4 “Everything fit in step”: Verena Scheitz & Dr. Christoph Klingler
Verena Scheitz explains why a fulfilling sex life does not protect against developing prostate cancer.
# 5 “Examination hurts”: Gerald Fleischhacker & Dr. Ingrid Berger
Gerald Fleischhacker explains why men can use the due screening examination as an opportunity to go to the doctor together with a friend.
# 6 “The PSA value”: Norbert Oberhauser & Dr. Anton Ponholzer
Norbert Oberhauser explains why a high PSA value does not mean that you have prostate cancer.
# 7 “The Biopsy”: Angelika Niedetzky & Dr. Isabel Heidegger-Pircher
Angelika Niedetzky does away with the widespread misconception that a biopsy only “wakes up” cancer.
# 8 “Miracle cure”: Eva Pölzl & Dr. Anton Ponholzer
Eva Pölzl explains why alternative therapies from the Internet are not supposed to be miracle cures.
The video series will be shown on social media (facebook / loosetie and Instagram @loosetie_krebshilfe) from April 12th and is also available on the website www.loosetie.at and the Krebshilfe youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/ÖsterreichischeKrebshilfe retrieve. The long version of the clearing up of errors can also be found at these links.
“I am very happy that we managed to have the production with so many committed personalities in such a positive mood in this demanding pandemic time with COVID tests, FFP2 masks and keeping our distance,” said Martina Lion.
The Austrian Cancer Aid and Austrian Urologists would like to thank everyone involved for their commitment in the production and the loose tie partners Janssen and Astellas for financing these information films.
Video series “Fake News Prostate Cancer”
Idea: Austrian Cancer Aid together with the Austrian Society for Urology and the Professional Association of Austria’s Urologists
Concept: Martina Löwe
Screenplay & Director: Gerald Fleischhacker
Contributors: Dr. Ingrid Berger, Dr. Karl Dorfinger, Gerald Fleischhacker, Dr. Isabel Heidegger-Pircher, Dr. Christoph Klingler, Günther Lainer, Aida Loos, Angelika Niedetzky, Norbert Oberhauser, Dr. Anton Ponholzer, Eva Pölzl, Verena Scheitz, Gery Seidl
Production: mediaFLY GmbH and HoboMedia GmbH
Graphics: Ralf Ricker
Support: Janssen, Astellas
Press photos for download at: https://www.loosetie.at/pressedownloads
Inquiries & contact:
Austrian Cancer Aid
Mag. Martina Löwe, Management & Project Management “Loose Tie”
Tuchlauben 19/10, 1010 Vienna
Tel. 01/7966450-50
loewe@krebshilfe.net
www.krebshilfe.net
www.loosetie.at
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