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Keeping a healthy weight reduces your risk of cancer. The shopping is a great place to start! 🛒 Check the labels – how much fat, sugar and salt is in your food?​ 🍴 Try not to go shopping on an empty stomach 📝 Plan meals and stick to a list

Keeping a healthy weight reduces your risk of cancer.

The shopping is a great place to start!

🛒 Check the labels – how much fat, sugar and salt is in your food?​

🍴 Try not to go shopping on an empty stomach

📝 Plan meals and stick to a list
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Melanoma skin cancer can sometimes develop from existing moles. If someone asks you about a mole they’re worried about, encourage them to see their doctor. You can show them this guide, to help them prepare for an appointment.

Melanoma skin cancer can sometimes develop from existing moles.

If someone asks you about a mole they’re worried about, encourage them to see their doctor.

You can show them this guide, to help them prepare for an appointment.
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Could you benefit from cancer awareness training? 👀 We run online and face-to-face workshops. If you’re a healthcare professional, community worker, volunteer, or anyone who can promote health and wellbeing, let’s talk… cancerresearchuk.org/health-profess…

Could you benefit from cancer awareness training? 👀

We run online and face-to-face workshops.

If you’re a healthcare professional, community worker, volunteer, or anyone who can promote health and wellbeing, let’s talk…

cancerresearchuk.org/health-profess…
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Our latest stats reveal that clothing choices may influence where skin cancer develops. Melanoma, the most serious form of cancer, can appear anywhere on the body – but it’s most likely to develop on the torso for men, and on the legs and feet for women. Find out more 👇

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With today’s news about Jessie J we want to share some information about breast cancer. Find out more about breast cancer, its symptoms, and how it's diagnosed and treated 👇

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Keep an eye out for our logo on Tesco toilet roll – 78.9 million rolls sold and counting! It’s a reminder for people to look out for possible signs of cancer when going to the loo. Know what's normal for you and contact your GP practice if something doesn't feel right.

Keep an eye out for our logo on <a href="/Tesco/">Tesco</a> toilet roll – 78.9 million rolls sold and counting!

It’s a reminder for people to look out for possible signs of cancer when going to the loo. 

Know what's normal for you and contact your GP practice if something doesn't feel right.
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Keeping a healthy weight reduces your risk of cancer. The shopping is a great place to start! 🛒 Check the labels – how much fat, sugar and salt is in your food?​ 🍴 Try not to go shopping on an empty stomach 📝 Plan meals and stick to a list

Keeping a healthy weight reduces your risk of cancer.

The shopping is a great place to start!

🛒 Check the labels – how much fat, sugar and salt is in your food?​

🍴 Try not to go shopping on an empty stomach

📝 Plan meals and stick to a list
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Today NHS England announced they’re updating their cervical screening programme so people who are eligible are invited every five years, instead of every three years.  This change comes following an improvement to the screening test. Find out more about cervical screening 👇

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In the UK, almost 9 in 10 cases of melanoma skin cancer could be prevented by staying safe in the sun and avoiding sunbeds. If the UV index is 3 or above... ☀️Spend time in the shade ☀️Cover up with clothes, a hat and sunglasses ☀️Apply sunscreen regularly and generously

In the UK, almost 9 in 10 cases of melanoma skin cancer could be prevented by staying safe in the sun and avoiding sunbeds.

If the UV index is 3 or above...

☀️Spend time in the shade
☀️Cover up with clothes, a hat and sunglasses
☀️Apply sunscreen regularly and generously
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The NHS bowel cancer screening kit can detect signs of cancer before you notice anything is wrong. If you’re sent a bowel cancer screening kit, put it by the loo. Don’t put it off. ➡️ nhs.uk/bowel-screening

The NHS bowel cancer screening kit can detect signs of cancer before you notice anything is wrong. 
  
If you’re sent a bowel cancer screening kit, put it by the loo. Don’t put it off.  
  
➡️ nhs.uk/bowel-screening
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It's #MyelomaAwarenessWeek. Myeloma is a type of cancer that develops from plasma cells in the bone marrow. If you’ve noticed anything unusual for you, or any changes that haven’t gone away, talk to your doctor. Here are some possible symptoms of myeloma 👇

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Want to feel more confident talking to your community about cancer prevention? Join our free online workshop and learn how to have meaningful conversations about cancer. 📅 8 July 🕙 10am – 12pm BST 💻 Online​ You will: 👉 learn how to reduce cancer risk and encourage people

Want to feel more confident talking to your community about cancer prevention?

Join our free online workshop and learn how to have meaningful conversations about cancer.

📅 8 July
🕙 10am – 12pm BST
💻 Online​

You will:

👉 learn how to reduce cancer risk and encourage people
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With the hot weather ramping up, this is your reminder to practise good sun safety this weekend! ☀️ We've partnered with NIVEA UK & Ireland for the last 12 years to help spread the message of how to enjoy the sun safely. #Heatwave #HotWeather

With the hot weather ramping up, this is your reminder to practise good sun safety this weekend! ☀️

We've partnered with <a href="/niveauk/">NIVEA UK & Ireland</a> for the last 12 years to help spread the message of how to enjoy the sun safely.

#Heatwave #HotWeather
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Cancers are easier to treat when they're found early. That's why we encourage everyone to be aware of what their body is normally like,​ so it’s easier to notice if anything changes. If someone notices anything that isn't normal for them, encourage them to talk to their doctor.

Cancers are easier to treat when they're found early.

That's why we encourage everyone to be aware of what their body is normally like,​ so it’s easier to notice if anything changes.

If someone notices anything that isn't normal for them, encourage them to talk to their doctor.
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Melanoma skin cancer can sometimes develop from existing moles. If someone asks you about a mole they’re worried about, encourage them to see their doctor. You can show them this guide, to help them prepare for an appointment.

Melanoma skin cancer can sometimes develop from existing moles.

If someone asks you about a mole they’re worried about, encourage them to see their doctor.

You can show them this guide, to help them prepare for an appointment.
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We're tacking misinformation by addressing common cancer questions. Check out our webpage to support conversations with your patients about: ➡Mobile phones ➡Plastic bottles ➡Pesticides ➡Breast injury and more...

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In the UK, almost 9 in 10 cases of melanoma skin cancer could be prevented by staying safe in the sun and avoiding sunbeds. If the UV index is 3 or above... ☀️Spend time in the shade ☀️Cover up with clothes, a hat and sunglasses ☀️Apply sunscreen regularly and generously

In the UK, almost 9 in 10 cases of melanoma skin cancer could be prevented by staying safe in the sun and avoiding sunbeds.

If the UV index is 3 or above...

☀️Spend time in the shade
☀️Cover up with clothes, a hat and sunglasses
☀️Apply sunscreen regularly and generously
Talk Cancer (@talkcancer_cruk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Could you benefit from cancer awareness training? 👀 We run online and face-to-face workshops. If you’re a healthcare professional, community worker, volunteer, or anyone who can promote health and wellbeing, let’s talk… cancerresearchuk.org/health-profess…

Could you benefit from cancer awareness training? 👀

We run online and face-to-face workshops.

If you’re a healthcare professional, community worker, volunteer, or anyone who can promote health and wellbeing, let’s talk…

cancerresearchuk.org/health-profess…
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Are you sun safe when you work outside? Our @CRUK nurses definitely are! Shade, hats and sunscreen - the teams are showing us how it's done 😎

Are you sun safe when you work outside?

Our @CRUK nurses definitely are!

Shade, hats and sunscreen - the teams are showing us how it's done 😎