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Cancer in the UK - strategies to mitigate against cancer - Coggle Diagram
Cancer in the UK - strategies to mitigate against cancer
cancer research UK
direct
research into
cancer drugs
cancer biology
clinical trials
immunotherapy
chemotherapy
radiotherapy
indirect
campaigns to reduce number of smokers - aim to reduce from 14% to less than 5% of UK population
150,000 children take up smoking each year
reducing smokers by 1% per year could save 3,000 lives per year
race for life - fundraising events. To go towards the charity who will use the funds to research
NHS
direct
by 2028 - 55,000 more each year will survive cancer for 5+ years
by 2028 - 75% will be diagnosed in stages 1 and 2
more than £200 million investment in next 2 years
HPV vaccine - 12+13 year old girls and boys
cervical screening every 3 years for women between 25-49 years
Indirect
Stoptober - encourage people to stop smoking in October and raise money - 5 times more likely to quit smoking if you don't smoke for a month
couch to 5k - 9 week programme - 3 runs per week (could help reduce risk of cancer and promotes healthier lifestyle)
2020 - bowel cancer campaign. Help us Help you, famous faces including Gordon Ramsay. tv adverts
government -
indirect -
tobacco control plan -
reduce 15 year olds who smoke from 8% to 3%
reduce adults who smoke from 14% to 12%
international agency for research on cancer (WHO)
indirect -
Biobank with 6 million samples from 600,000 people - study the causes, early detection and prevention of cancer