Macmillan Cancer Support’s mobile service will be visiting the area, with cancer information specialists on hand to answer questions and offer information.
The team encourages anyone with worries or concerns relating to cancer to stop by, whether you’re living with or beyond cancer, or are a carer or loved one of someone who is.
Cancer can impact on all aspects of your life, and the mobile service team is available to provide information on issues ranging from how to deal with the side effects of treatment, what local support is available for carers, where to turn if you...
Public Health England today (16 February 2016) launced a nationwide ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ campaign with the aim of raising awareness of a key symptom for both bladder and kidney cancers – blood in pee.
Around 17,450 people in England are diagnosed with bladder or kidney cancer every year and around 7,600 people die annually. Blood in pee is a symptom in over half of bladder cancers and almost a fifth of kidney cancers, so being aware of this is crucial.
The Be Clear on Cancer ‘blood in pee’ campaign ran nationally in 2013 and 2014. Analysis of diagnoses during the 2013...
A major project to reduce the number of people in Devon affected by skin cancer has been launched.
Our county has some of the highest rates of skin cancer in the UK, with almost 3,000 new cases per year.
Malignant melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer, is the second most common cancer in the 15 – 34 year old age range. Rates in all ages have more than quadrupled in the last 40 years.
However, up to 80% of skin cancers could be prevented through practising sun safety and avoiding sunburn.
The project, funded by Devon County Council’s Public Health...
