Don Lemon, Mario Cantone Urge Men to Get Tested for Prostate Cancer

“Common sense is not that prevalent.”

Invoice Nye applied this catchphrase to describe the stigmatization encompassing prostate cancer, the 2nd most popular cancer detected amid adult men driving lung most cancers. The science educator joined other media personalities on the runway at the seventh yearly Blue Jacket Vogue Clearly show, which raises awareness and funds for prostate most cancers exploration. 

When talking to Variety on the crimson carpet, Nye talked over his late father’s struggle with prostate most cancers and how the survival amount is notably high for all those identified early on. 

“My father lived at a time when radiation therapy was quite good, but it was not as excellent as it could be,” Nye stated on Wednesday night at Moonlight Studios in SoHo. “My brother and I hold an eye on prostate hormone simply because we don’t want to get it untreated. This is a pretty treatable most cancers, but catching it early is truly vital. We imagine with much more investigate, we can modify the environment.”

Kicking off the show was “Sex and the City” star Mario Cantone, who spun and danced down the runway though donning a suit built by Gustavo Moscoso. Other notable contributors bundled CNN anchor Don Lemon, supermodel Alex Lundqvist, actor Dominic Fumusa and “America’s Future Major Model” choose Nigel Barker. The afterparty was held at Loosie’s Nightclub beneath Moxy Reduce East Side.

Cantone mentioned he’s attended the demonstrate 7 yrs in a row to honor his father, who died of prostate most cancers in 1996. He hopes the event will persuade men to get a prostate-unique antigen (PSA) blood take a look at.

“Straight men are concerned since it has to do with your rectum and they really don’t want everything in it and they think that is ‘gay’ if there is anything in it,” Cantone reported. “It’s silly is what it is. Straight guys, I really like them quite a lot. They are some of my major fans but I’ve acquired to smack them about a tiny bit after in a though and say, ‘Go get your shit checked!’”

The once-a-year fundraiser, sponsored by Janssen Oncology, donates all proceeds to the nonprofit advocacy team Zero: The Conclusion of Prostate Cancer. For the very first time, visitors could get screened for prostate cancer onsite at the party with a PSA take a look at supplied by the Mount Sinai Hospital and Montefiore Health care Centre. 

“I’ve wished it for various decades and I’m so fired up that we finally obtained Mount Sinai on board,” Blue Jacket co-founder Frederick Anderson stated. “There are a whole lot of people today who consider testing is like this monumental detail, and it’s basically a small little attract of blood. It is good that they can have the practical experience with us and then now they’ll go on and consistently check since they recognize it is not that major of a deal.”

Anderson stated he believes that extra gentlemen have develop into comfy with the idea of testing through the pandemic and that the stigma around it is slowly disappearing.

“The biggest section is recognizing what’s heading on with your body,” Anderson claimed. I think it is easier for people today to fully grasp tests now just after COVID, so it’s not so frightful.”

He continued, “I imagine that males talking about their prostate is excellent! It’s like females chatting about their breasts when it occurred in the 90s — and we modified the stigma. The exact same detail is occurring with gentlemen and the prostate.”