It’s Men’s Health Month, so we decided to focus the discussion on prostate cancer. This subtle but formidable adversary has quietly become one of the most common cancers among men in South Africa.

Shedding light on the topic, we chatted with Lorraine Govender, the national manager of the Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA). With every 1 in 20 males affected by this disease, Govender unpacks the effects of prostate cancer, the importance of information distribution at the grassroots level and how to minimise the risk factors and regular screening.