The benefits of detecting breast cancer early
#thankscancer #pharmacoeconomics #breastcancer #screening #breastcancernow

For the patient, it's the high probability of a cure and treatment that's less disruptive or has fewer long-term effects.

For those with an eye on costs, it's got to be the much lower costs.

Costs rise exponentially by increasing stage of breast cancer.

In a recent study, the cost of treating stage IV compared with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) was 35.6 times higher.

Wilkinson AN et al. Curr Oncol. 2023;30:7860-7873. Available here: https://www.mdpi.com/1718-7729/30/9/571

Thanks to @ANwilkinson on the scary X app.

Checking your breasts properly (3 of 3)
#stemwomen #breastcancer #thankscancer
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Checking your breasts properly (2 of 3)
#stemwomen #breastcancer #thankscancer
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Checking your breasts properly (1 of 2)
#stemwomen #breastcancer #thankscancer
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This captivating educational poem created by totally telling tales,
@EllamaeStatham
&
@Liz_ORiordan
empowering people to breast check. Original thread was on twitter: https://twitter.com/BreastCancerNow/st
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Checking your breast properly (3)
#stemwomen #breastcancer #thankscancer
It looks like Twitter may have removed the middle part of the thread because the cartoons were inappropriate!! Apologies, If I find them I will post them here.

Checking your breasts properly (2 of 2)
#stemwomen #breastcancer #thankscancer

Second part of this captivating educational poem created by totally telling tales,
@EllamaeStatham
&
@Liz_ORiordan
empowering people to breast check.
'This Is The Way To Examine Your Chest’ is a captivating educational resource to help promote regular breast checking and ensure people understand the signs and symptoms of breast cancer to look out for." - Manveet Basra, Breast Cancer Now

Checking your breasts properly (1 of 2)
#stemwomen #breastcancer #thankscancer

This captivating educational poem created by totally telling tales,
@EllamaeStatham
&
@Liz_ORiordan
empowering people to breast check. Original thread was on twitter: https://twitter.com/BreastCancerNow/status/1633181005304545280

@savaslab what I have learned. Weight, lifestyle, stress, environment and genetics can be contributing factors but for some of us, sometimes it is just plain bad luck. Because I never smoked, live in a relatively clean area, exercise, tend toward organic and we grow most of our own food, was overweight but thanks to WW was on a great losing streak so stress was my biggest contributor before I retired 5 years ago. #thankscancer @ThanksCancer and f u #cancer #breastcancer

Britain now has record-breaking cancer treatment waiting times.
#Thankscancer

"Without more treatment capacity, such as radiotherapy, this just leads to record long waiting lists. It is absolutely not okay."

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/09/delays-cancer-patients-needing-urgent-treatment-worst-record/

See @RTherapy4Life on Twitter for further info. Article in Telegraph newspaper by Lizzie Roberts and Ben Butcher.

@ThanksCancer last rad tomorrow w00t! #thankscancer #cancer #breatcancer #bc

Let's move for breast cancer
#breastcancer #thankscancer

[Following originally appeared as a tweet on Twitter]

Fancy digging out your trainers and taking on a challenge for people affected by breast cancer? Whether you pedal, jump, sprint, jog, trek or walk - 2023 is your year to do it - let's move!

Find your 2023 challenge today at https://breastcancernow.org/get-involved/sports-adventure?utm_source=twittero&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=events&utm_content=270123ChallengeEvents

This week is cervical cancer prevention week
23rd-29th January 2023
#thankscancer #cervicalcancer #HPVvaccination

We have the tools to make cervical cancer a thing of the past. HPV vaccination, cervical screening, and treatment for cell changes can all help prevent it but we need to increase awareness and uptake, and the funding to do so.

Did you know that 1 in 3 women do not take up their cervical screening (smear test) invite?

For more information and a resource pack, visit:
https://www.jostrust.org.uk/get-involved/campaign/cervical-cancer-prevention-week

Stem cell transplants play a key role in the treatment of blood cancers
#Cancer #Thankscancer #bloodcancer

But unfortunately four of every 10 UK patients looking for an unrelated donor are unable to find a match

Why not consider joining the British stem cell register to become British stem cell donor? Joining is as simple as taking a cheek cell swab. Join here: https://www.dkms.org.uk/get-involved/become-a-donor

See the Blood Cancer UK Twitter video and thread for more information
https://twitter.com/bloodcancer_uk/status/1613575340986896385

Breast cancer recurrence / metastasis and alcohol
#breastcancer #thankscancer

Women who have had a diagnosis of breast cancer (particularly those who have had oestrogen-positive breast cancer) are advised to stick to no more than 5 units of alcohol a week by the World Cancer Research Fund.

Note: 1 glass of wine (175 ml) is about 2.3 units. So that is only 2 glasses of wine a week. Yikes!

For more info on recent evidence explained by Dr Liz O'Riordan (see link).

https://twitter.com/Liz_ORiordan/status/1612772110350303236

Two weeks since my discharge from hospital, and by adding the small park at the end of the street to my previous loop, I managed a 3.6k walk this afternoon. I think that will probably be my limit for the next little while, but I’ll try to repeat it daily, all being well. 😁 #ThanksCancer

Eleven days since my hospital discharge, and I managed to shrug off house arrest this afternoon, taking my first (admittedly short) walk around a couple of neighbouring streets. Only about 1k in total, but the plan for tomorrow, all being well, is to double down, and do it twice 😁 #ThanksCancer

I really don’t want to take my chemo meds today 💊 but cancer doesn’t celebrate holidays 🥺 #fuckcancer #cancerAF #chemotherapy #leukemia #chronicillness #norestforthewicked #cancersucks #thankscancer

Cancer causes you go against your nature in so many ways. Asking for help - asking again.
#cancersurvivor #oncology #survivorship #thankscancer @ThanksCancer

In Her Name week.

This week (5th-11th December) is In Her Name week, a week in which we remember women lost to ovarian cancer.

Every year 295,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Survival rates depend on the stage at which the cancer is detected. Almost 95% of women detected at stage 1 will survive their cancer for 5+ years.

For women diagnosed at stage 4 (after metastasis or spread away from the ovaries to other organs), 15% will survive for 5 years.

Common signs and symptoms are shown in the diagram.

#ovariancancer #thankscancer

Good to see @ThanksCancer here too. On both since I’ll be having surgery and will need recovery time #thankscancer #cancer #breastcancer I will definitely need connection