The ‘You Need to Know’ womb cancer awareness campaign, which is helping to save lives in north east London, has been recognised in The Lancet, a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal and one of the oldest of its kind.

North East London Cancer Alliance has funded a project being run by CATTs (Cancer Awareness for Teens and Twenties) that is delivering a series of engaging cancer awareness workshops to Year 10 and Year 11 pupils in secondary schools in the boroughs of Redbridge and Havering.

July is Sarcoma Awareness Month, and the Transforming Cancer Services Team (TCST) will be supporting the event and this years’ theme of driving action for earlier diagnosis of the disease.

Recent national statistics for cancer show that North East London Cancer Alliance is the top performer in a number of key metrics, reflecting the ongoing work to improve cancer services for local residents across north east London.

A couple from Havering, north east London, tell us how getting checked early for prostate cancer can save lives. 

It’s Bowel Cancer Awareness Month and north east London patient Roger Shepherd has shared how a home testing kit saved his life.

Someone dies of bowel cancer every 30 minutes in the UK. It’s the second biggest cancer killer, but it shouldn’t be, because it’s treatable and curable. Nearly everyone diagnosed at the earliest stages will survive the disease.

We are supporting Bowel Cancer UK this Bowel Cancer Awareness Month to ensure more people #KnowTheHigh5 symptoms of bowel cancer. So, what should you look out for?

Following World Cancer Day and as part of a national cancer awareness campaign, an NHS double-decker bus visited Newham to help raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer.