Cancer is curable in most cases, according to the German Cancer Society. In the early stages, it often causes little or no discomfort.

Risk factors for cancer include smoking, obesity, an unhealthy diet and lack of exercise. The most common cancer in the male sex is therefore prostate cancer, followed by lung cancer in second place and colorectal cancer in third place. For men, the following applies: From the age of 45, they can take advantage of the cancer screening once a year.