February is Oesophageal Cancer Awareness Month in UK.
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#OesophagealCancerAwarenessMonth #EarlyDetection #OesophagealCancerAwareness #ActionAgainstHeartburn #LessSurvivableCancers #DeadlyCancerGap
Thanks @lesssurvivable.bsky.social for campaigning to close the #DeadlyCancerGap and raising awareness during #LessSurvivableCancersAwarenessWeek
As our spokesperson Dawn said this evening: everyone has a part to play in closing the #DeadlyCancerGap
Thank you to all the MSPs who have joined us this evening, we’re glad to see so many are keen to hear about our advocates’ experiences. @jackiebmsp @SarahBoyack
Thanks so much for meeting us at #Lab22 @TaiwoOwatemi. It was great to speak to you about the need for better diagnosis, treatment and care for the less survivable cancers. We look forward to working with you to close the #DeadlyCancerGap
In summer 2020, data showed that lung cancer referrals had still not recovered to the extent they had for other types of cancer.
COVID hasn't closed the #DeadlyCancerGap.
In 2020, we made 7 recommendations to improve the early diagnosis of the less survivable cancers and close the #DeadlyCancerGap.
These measures could save lives by finding cancers when they're treatable
Read more here: https://bit.ly/3ce4tMf
#WorldCancerDay
Early diagnosis is key to closing the #DeadlyCancerGap and saving lives.
This #WorldCancerDay, read more in our early diagnosis report: https://bit.ly/3ce4tMf
It also mentions some of the measures already announced, like the blood test the NHS is set to trial which could help diagnose a number of cancers earlier.
Ambitious initiatives like this, which could help close the #DeadlyCancerGap are very...
Research is key to increasing the survivable rates of the less survivable cancers and closing the #DeadlyCancerGap.
Any hits to research will hit our ability to save lives in the future....
Early diagnosis is vital to closing the #DeadlyCancerGap.
The @HeadSmartUK campaign is an example of how we can diagnose cancers earlier by making the public and clinicians more aware of potential symptoms.
Read more in our latest report here:...
All UK governments have recognised the need to focus on early diagnosis to improve cancer survival rates.
With the less survivable cancers lagging behind when it comes to early diagnosis, we need action to close the #DeadlyCancerGap
Read more:...
This graphic demonstrates just how important early diagnosis is 👇
Find out more about how we can diagnose less survivable cancers earlier and close the #DeadlyCancerGap here: lesssurvivablecancers.org.uk/faster-diagnosis-needed-...
"Less survivable cancers have been left behind for far too long and the time from diagnosis to death for anyone who has one of these cancers is brutally short."
Our new report shows that early diagnosis is absolutely vital to close the #DeadlyCancerGap....
We're delighted that these eight organisations have registered their support for the work of the Taskforce.
We're looking forward to working with them to close the #DeadlyCancerGap
Read more about these new supporters here:...
Great to see this announcement of funding for critical research on diagnosing lung and oesophageal cancers earlier.
Research like this is vital to close the #DeadlyCancerGap.
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Thank you to the 23 other MPs who have signed @BarrySheerman's Early Day Motion over the last month, supporting efforts to close the #DeadlyCancerGap.
Some of those who signed were able to come and show their support in person on #WorldCancerDay 👇
Last week, our analysis showed the poor performance of the UK at tackling less survivable cancers compared to other countries.
We can change this, close the #DeadlyCancerGap abd save thousands of lives each...
@JoeFitzSNP We were delighted to see that the 6 less survivable cancers were mentioned nearly 50 times in this short debate - thank you to all the MSPs who spoke in support of closing the #DeadlyCancerGap.
You can read a transcript of the whole debate here:...
"Action around less survivable cancers will be key to that update."
We were happy to see @JoeFitzSNP promise action from the Scottish Government to help close the #DeadlyCancerGap during the debate for #WorldCancerDay yesterday
This is why we need action 👇
Thanks to @ClareAdamsonSNP for raising the less survivable cancers in the Scottish Parliament yesterday during a debate for #WorldCancerDay.
We're glad to have your support for efforts to tackle #DeadlyCancerGap
The recent Early Diagnosis Matters report from @UKlungcancer shows one reason for the UK's poor record on lung cancer - extremely low rates of early diagnosis.
Early diagnosis is vital to help close the #DeadlyCancerGap
Read the full report here:...
57 MPs from 6 different political parties and all 4 nations of the UK joined us on #WorldCancerDay to learn more about the less survivable cancers.
Find out more about the event and our campaign to close the #DeadlyCancerGap here:...
Thank you to the 50 MPs who joined us yesterday to show their support for closing the #DeadlyCancerGap.
As our analysis covered in the @Telegraph shows - the UK ranks poorly at tackling all 6 less survivable cancers - we can change that with...
An array of @LessSurvivable members with our #WorldCancerDay parliamentary drop-in co-host - thank you to @JBrokenshire for your support for closing the #DeadlyCancerGap
Thank you to our #WorldCancerDay parliamentary drop-in co-host @BarrySheerman for helping us to draw attention to the #DeadlyCancerGap
Delighted to welcome MPs to our #WorldCancerDay drop-in event in Parliament today. Great to engage around the need to close the #DeadlyCancerGap
