Bengt Magnusson: It feels very important and nice

"Bengt Magnusson: ”It feels very important and nice”"

"TV4-profile Bengt Magnusson affected by cancer in 2015. "

"Now, he will lead live tv-gala ”Together against cancer” for the third time to collect money for research. "

"– Had I received my testicular cancer for forty or fifty years ago, had I not been with and led this gala, " says Bengt Magnusson to Nöjesbladet. "

"Cancer gala ”Together against cancer” live on TV4 in sweden on Monday, 7 January. "

"the Gala is led by TV4-profiles Bengt Magnusson and Soraya Lavasani. "

"– It feels very important and nice to be with and work with this gala. It is extremely urgent and at times quite heavy, where the several stories do not end happily, " says Bengt Magnusson. "

"He also points out that not everything is misery. "

"– In the darkness so, there are also cases where people have been cured. People who can testify to the advances in research meant that they are still alive. "

"Bengt Magnusson's testicular cancer was discovered by pure chance in 2015, when he was in the hospital in a completely different case. "

" I had a blisters in groin that ached and when I would examine it with my family doctor discovered my cancer. How it happened I don't know, "he says and continues:"

"– Then everything went smoothly for me. I underwent surgery and then began the treatment at Radiumhemmet. "

"Just a few months later friskförklarades the host of the show. "

"– Now-a-days, so are the testicular cancer one of the cancer diseases that are actually curable in the vast, vast majority of cases, " he says. "

"Even if many are healed and research has come a long way, in many places, so we are not quite there when it comes to all cancers. "

"– There are still 22 000 people that die of cancer every year in Sweden, so it is clear that the research must continue. Even if nine out of ten women who get breast cancer today are saved to life, it is the one where the tenth, which also need to be rescued. "

"– Had I received my testicular cancer for forty or fifty years ago, had I not been with and led this gala. But now it is a cancer that it is very good forecast. Thanks entirely to the research. "

"The overall goal of the gala is to get more people to become monthly donors and disseminating information on all types of cancer."

"Among the guest artists during the evening include Peter Jöback, Lisa Ekdahl and Jonas Gardell."

"Cancer gala ”Together against cancer” broadcast on TV4 in sweden on Monday 7 January at 20: 00. "

"■ Testicular cancer is a unusual form of cancer, which mainly affects men aged 20-45 years."

"■ About 250-300 women are diagnosed per year in Sweden."

"■ Treatment consists of surgery that can be combined with chemotherapy or radiation."

"■ After the treatment, most patients completely healthy."