March Cancer Awareness Posted or Updated on 28 Mar 2024

Brain Tumour Awareness Month

• More than 12,000 people (including approximately 500 children & young people) are diagnosed with a primary brain tumour each year.
• Brain tumours are the biggest cause of cancer related death of children and adults under 40.

Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

• Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK, with more than 52,000 men diagnosed every year.
• 1 in 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. For Black men, the risk is greater and 1 in 4 will be diagnosed with it.

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

• Each year 7,400 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the UK.
• We need to abolish the myth that ovarian cancer is ‘a silent killer’. There are symptoms; but they are commonly mistaken for something else, like aging or irritable bowel syndrome. · If caught at the earliest stage, 9 out of 10 women will survive.