Know the Signs – Cancer Matters

Know the Signs – Cancer Matters

We are supporting Wessex Cancer Alliance with their awareness campaign, ‘Know the Signs’. The aim of this campaign is to improve people’s awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer. 

1 in 2 people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, so it is really important to know what signs to look out for and when to seek advice from your GP Practice.

We want to help people identify the warning signs and to know when to seek medical advice. If more people know the signs of cancer, then more will have a better chance of surviving their cancer. Survival rates for cancer have improved so much over the last 50 years that we are now seeing approximately 50% of people diagnosed with cancer surviving for ten years or more – this is even more likely if the cancer is diagnosed at an early stage.