Jerry Okungu's Prostate Cancer Forum

Since leaving Nairobi in mid June, 2011 -- for the USA, to seek further treatment for Prostate Cancer, in America's advanced Cancer institutions -- Jerry Okungu has now gathered information on this killer disease which he plans to share with with the people of Kenya and the rest of Africa -- to facilitate early detections and to save lives and the costs of treating advanced cases.

The Jerry Okungu Medical Committee has set up a fund in Nairobi to help do just that. This committee is chaired by a prominent Nairobi lawyer and includes two chief executives from the private sector, among many others

The fund is intended for those marginalized communities in need of testing and scanning for Prostate Cancer -- who due to poverty cannot afford regular screenings and lack information about how to proceed when tests come out postive for cancer.

The committee is appealing for well wishers ....

.... not only to support Jerry Okungu's treatment costs, but also to raise funds for an awareness campaign in Kenya -- where men share a disproportionate fear of the digital rectal exam. A fear over a simple exam that can let the doctor put his or her finger, literally, on an abnormal growth in the prostate -- the walnut-sized gland located between the bladder and the rectum.

Avoiding the exam isn't just irrational -- it can be lethal and expensive.

Kenyan statistics indicate 18,000 new cancer diagnoses each year, of which 50 people die each day. Minimal cancer information, lack of emphasis on early detection and dated treatment options are among the biggest battles for Kenyan's fight against prostate and other cancers.

Cultural limitations are also at play. Kenyans place a large stigma on cancer, and in some areas, those diagnosed are still relying on historic, more natural healing methods.

Due to these factors, most Kenyans receive their diagnosis very late, when it is considered advanced prostate cancer. [ Read More ]

This website -- The Jerry Okungu Prostate Cancer Forum, intends to help increase awareness by acting as a repository for cancer information, facts, statistics, symptoms and treatments. In doing so we hope to save many lives.