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Cancer can bring about many different emotions, affecting not only the individual diagnosed but also their friends, families, and carers. These emotions may change over time, and having access to support can help manage them. The Peninsula Cancer Alliance is undertaking a survey to understand how cancer affects the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Over the last year the Peninsula Cancer Alliance (PCA) used the Cancer Quality of Life Survey to identify difficulty sleeping as  a quality of life priority for local intervention from the recently launched Cancer Data Dashboard. It was clear from the data that this was a symptom…

The NHS and Asda are teaming up to provide vital advice on millions of toothpaste tubes and mouthwash bottles encouraging people to contact their GP or dentist if they notice any potential symptoms of mouth cancer. From this month, Asda’s own brand of oral hygiene products will…