Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Event date and time: 1 October 2024 to 31 October 2024
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Find information below about breast screening, the signs and symptoms of breast cancer, plus resources to support patients who have been diagnosed with the disease.
- Learn more about breast cancer here: Macmillan Breast Cancer Awareness
- Find information and support for breast cancer patients here: Breast Cancer Now
- Find practical advice to reduce the risk of breast cancer here: Breast Cancer UK Prevention Hub
- Find information on how to carry out a regular breast self-check here: CoppaFeel!
- Learn how people of all genders can get breast cancer with information co-produced by OUTpatients, UK's LGBTIQ+ cancer charity and CoppaFeel! - ChestCheck101
- Best for my Chest is an inclusive breast cancer screening campaign, led by and for the LGBTIQ+ community
Brighton-based Act On Cancer Together (ACT) has produced three posters to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of breast cancer and to encourage people to check their breasts regularly and attend screening, see below. Click on the following links to download a printable version of the posters:
It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Breast Screening could save your life
GPs Talk Cancer – Breast Cancer Recurrence
Episode 6 of GatewayC’s `GPs Talk Cancer’ podcast series is out now and covers breast cancer recurrence.
Experts talk through signs and symptoms and essential investigations, plus it will feature patient case studies. Find it here: GPs Talk Breast Cancer Recurrence