The four main urological cancers are kidney, prostate, bladder and testicular cancers. They mainly affect men, although women can suffer from kidney and bladder cancers. Urological cancers are more common than many people realise, and account for 1 in 3 of all cancers in men and 1 in 5 of all cancers in men and women.

UCAN needs your support to achieve our aims.

To help UCAN highlight the prevalence of Testicular, Prostate, Kidney and Bladder cancer in our region get On Yer Bike and take part in the inaugural UCAN MoG-JOG.

MoG-JOG is a 433 mile cycle ride from the Mull of Galloway to John O'Groats.

Thank you to all the mad rugby players who raised £4,500 by growing "Mos" in Movember.  Joey Devlin from Aberdeen Sports Massage rallied rugby club members from around the region to grow interesting and unusual moustaches and to be sponsored for it by friends and family.  Prizes for Best Mo in Show and for The Lame'o'award were donated by Joey.

Members of the UCAN Team headed off on a tour of the North East during August to spread the word about UCAN.

The trip was highlighted by taking the UCAN bus along too. If you haven’t seen the bus, it features a 14 feet naked man with his hands strategically placed to protect his modesty!

Kate the fundraiser spoke to local companies and Rotary groups about the signs and symptoms of the four main urological cancers whilst either Linda or Lesley manned the bus to give advice and information to members of the public.

The bus has been in service around Aberdeen for the past 18 months visited 12 locations from Inverurie to Lossiemouth and attracted lots of attention. Sam McClinton co founder of UCAN said “It’s hugely important for us to reach as wide an audience as possible because urological cancers can strike anyone at anytime and the more people who are aware of the symptoms as early as possible, the better chance we have of increasing the number of patients who make a full recovery.”

One of the unique services that UCAN offers is presentations to your work force on urological health and the services of the UCAN Care Centre.  These are carried out by Kate Synott our Fundraising Manager who has developed a particular style to get the point across.  She uses comedy to both relax the male dominated audience and to get their attention.  If you feel your workforce could benefit from our presentation please contact us on 01224 559312 / 553104 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it