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Breast Cancer: Health Education

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 16 January 2025UIN 23323

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to increase awareness of the warning signs of lobular breast cancer.

Answered by Andrew Gwynne

NHS England runs Help Us Help You campaigns to increase the knowledge of cancer symptoms and address barriers to acting on them, to encourage people to come forward as soon as possible to see their general practitioner. The campaigns focus on a range of symptoms, including symptoms of lobular breast cancer, as well as encouraging body awareness, to help people spot symptoms across a wide range of cancers at an early point.

NHS England and other National Health Service organisations, nationally and locally, also publish information on the signs and symptoms of many different types of cancer, including lobular breast cancer. Further information can be found on the NHS.UK website.

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