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Oct 18

A few minutes to check your breasts

Has anyone seen the Touch Look Check campaign from Breast Cancer Now which is running throughout October to mark Breast Cancer Awareness month? The great graphics show how easy it is to check your breasts – we brought you #kettlecise and now here’s something that doesn’t take any longer than making your toast in ...

Oct 18

Scotland, we are survivors!

A new 6 week Detect Cancer Early campaign, ‘Survivors’, launched across TV, radio and social media last month. It aims to reduce the fear that still exists around cancer and empower people to ‘act early’. The campaign directs people to visit getcheckedearly.org for more information on signs and symptoms to look ...

Apr 18

To screen or not to screen with PSA alone?

By Prof Bob Steele, Co-director SCPN The recently published CAP study has a stark message – screening for prostate cancer using a single PSA test doesn’t work – it has no effect on mortality from the disease. This reinforces what we already know from previous trials. True, there is one European trial of repeated PSA ...

Aug 17

Have you seen this campaign?

Every day a Dane dies of skin cancer or melanoma so earlier this year this campaign reached out to friends of Danes in holiday destinations across the world and asked them to help a Dane. If they saw a Dane in the sun without protection could they help by providing sunscreen, a hat, an umbrella […]

Aug 17

ActWELL Update

Amy Hickman, Volunteer Service Co-ordinator, Breast Cancer Now As part of the Scottish Government cancer strategy, a team of researchers are now working with Breast Cancer Now on a trial of a lifestyle intervention programme (ActWELL) introduced to women at breast cancer screening and delivered by Breast Cancer Now volunteer coaches. ...

Jul 17

NHS Inform Website Redesign

The SCPN signed up as a stakeholder to the NHS inform website redesign and we are happy to share with you their new Communications Toolkit and Digital Assets. The website – www.nhsinform.scot – has been fully redesigned bringing a range of new content and features to help people manage their own health and wellbeing. ...

May 16

Another approach to menopausal vasomotor symptom control?

The NICE guideline on diagnosis and management of menopause recommends that menopausal women (and their support network) should receive advice on hormonal (HRT), non-hormonal (other drugs), and non-pharmaceutical approaches to the management of menopausal symptoms e.g. cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)[1]. CBT is recommended ...

May 16

Stomach cancer awareness

Stomach Cancer is currently the third leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide with 1,000,000 new cases diagnosed each year. In the UK there were around 7000 cases diagnosed in 2013. It is nearly twice as common in men as in women and smokers and the over 55s are at higher risk. As with many cancers […]

Jul 15

Sunscreens

We all love to see the sun but of course we have to be careful with our skin to prevent skin cancer, one of the most common cancers in the UK – not to mention avoiding the wrinkled, leathery look common to some American celebrities. The sun gives out two types of ultraviolet radiation […]

Jan 15

November Mouth Cancer Awareness Month…Local Action

More than 6,000 people are now diagnosed with mouth cancer in the UK every year. . Mouth cancer may affect the lip, tongue, gums and mouth. Other sites, which may be associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, are the tonsils and pharynx. It is now the sixth most common form of cancer and has […]

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