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Yesterday our team met with BBC Spotlight at The Royal Cornwall Show as we launched our new Prevention Skin Cancer Campaign to bring awareness to outdoor workers around the risks of skin cancer. Did you know? Outdoor workers are less likely to seek medical advice for several reasons: Work Commitments – Many outdoor jobs, like…

The Lung Cancer Screening (LCS) programme is a new service offered to those aged 55 to 74 who are at a greater risk of developing lung cancer. Following an initial conversation with a health professional, those who have a higher chance of developing lung cancer will be offered a simple scan. This can identify signs…

This year the Peninsula Cancer Alliance have been working with the Voluntary Sector Forum (Cornwall) and the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (Devon) to develop a community outreach fund with a focus on receiving bids which would implement innovative engagement activities that increase awareness of signs and symptoms in cancer and increase the education and…

Bowel cancer is the UK’s fourth most common cancer but if diagnosed at the earliest stages, bowel cancer is treatable and curable. For cancer screening to be effective, it is important that uptake is high. To improve uptake in the Southwest we aim to increase awareness of Bowel Cancer Screening targeted at the eligible population.…

Have you recently recieved a cancer diagnosis within the last three years that has impacted your emotional wellbeing? The Peninsula Cancer Alliance in collaboration with The Cove Cancer Support Centre (cornwall) are offering a FREE health and wellbeing workshop aimed at providing top tips and straegies to improve the wellbeing of cancer patients throughout their…

Have you recently recieved cancer drug treatment at one of our hospitals in Devon and Cornwall ? If so we would like to hear your expereinces at a focus group being held on 21st May 2025 at The Fern Centre at North Devon Hospital. Please see the flyer below for more information or email peninsula.ca@nhs.net…

Please join us for the 2025 Exeter Dermoscopy Course ! Closing date for registration is 1st March 2025. Email peninsula.ca@nhs.net  for further details or view the flyer here .

Scientists at the University of Exeter have found a new way of interpreting standard blood tests to help GPs spot cancer warning signs – and the test is now being integrated in an NHS trust. The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (RDUH)  is the first Trust to apply a new algorithm to  routine…

Visits for prostate cancer symptoms advice on the NHS website rose by 672% following Sir Chris Hoy’s announcement about his terminal prognosis. New figures from NHS England show that in the 48 hours after the six-time Olympic champion revealed his cancer was incurable, there were 14,478 visits to the page on prostate cancer symptoms. That is…

Our annual report for 23/24 is now ready to read and can be found here. This report covers the work the alliance completed over the financial years of 2023/24 and includes projects such as Targeted Lung Health Checks, Lynch, Cytosponge and Faster Diagnosis across Breast, Lower Gastrointestinal (LGI), Upper Gastrointestinal (UGI), Prostate, Bladder, Gynae, Skin…