As the annual growing and showing of all manner of mustaches gets underway, we take a look at the impact that Movember has had on the world of medical research and the practical services it helps to provide.

Data published recently by Cancer Research UK has revealed that survival rates for testicular cancer  have improved dramatically in the last few decades. Earlier detection allied to new therapies mean that the typical five year survival rate is increasing.

This statistic was around 70% in the nineteen seventies and had improved to around 90% twenty years ago. This improvement…