GM Cancer News

From today (Monday 21 August) Morrisons shoppers in Greater Manchester will find NHS advice on underwear labels urging them to contact their GP practice if they spot potential symptoms of breast or testicular cancer. The Nutmeg branded underwear featuring NHS advice will be in 240 Morrisons stores nationwide, including in nine stores in Greater Manchester. The labels will first appear in boxer shorts, followed by crop top bras in the coming months. Some Morrisons stores in Greater Manchester will be offering breast and testicular cancer symptom awareness contained in labels in their new underwear range. Stores [...]

A father-of-two from Bolton discovered a lump in his neck that turned out to be throat cancer after shaving off his beard. Tex Leece, 50, of Farnworth, Bolton, who used to play semi pro football in his spare time and has completed 9 Ironman triathlon events, was known for being very fit and healthy. So when his wife, Jo, noticed a small lump in his neck, after he shaved off his beard ready for a wedding, at first he wasn’t too worried. Tex Leece finished his 9th Ironman after finishing treatment for throat cancer. Credit: Julie Lomax [...]

A ROCHDALE entrepreneur and mum-of-one who survived osteosarcoma - a type of bone cancer – now works to help others going through cancer. Maria Lawal, 29, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in February 2008 when she was 14 after discovering a lump in the femur bone of her left thigh. Maria who was a keen 150 metre sprinter and had competed in training for the youth Olympics, went to her GP three times over a few months who initially thought she had a sports injury. Maria is a patient representative with Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance and is helping [...]

A POLICE OFFICER feared he might never run again after being diagnosed with two different types of cancer within just two months. John Haywood, from Bury, was devastated when he was diagnosed with a rare sarcoma on his ankle in September 2019. Then a month later came the bombshell that he also had Hodgkin lymphoma – a type blood cancer. The 49-year-old had two operations on his ankle as well as intensive radiotherapy to treat his Hodgkin lymphoma at The Christie at Oldham. He now has six-monthly check-ups on his ankle. John Haywood at home wearing [...]

From the outside, the Targeted Lunch Health Check (TLHC) mobile unit looks like nondescript van parked outside your local supermarket. Inside, it is a sleek series of rooms, a pathway cleverly designed to lead you through a lung health check process that normally takes several hospital visits.  “I received one of those general letters to get my lungs checked,” said Andrew Potts, aged 60. “I’m a smoker. I wasn’t going to go but because it was right next to Asda, I thought I could get something for tea. It looks like a normal lorry but inside there are [...]

Hundreds of volunteers from Tameside will be invited to return to a mobile clinic over the coming weeks for their second appointment as part of the NHS-Galleri trial. Participants will be asked to give another blood sample to help investigate whether a multi-cancer blood screening test can help to detect cancer early before symptoms appear. Since the NHS-Galleri trial first arrived in Tameside in June 2022 the trial has successfully enrolled over 140,000 volunteers from many different socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds across England, including 20,000 from Greater Manchester. Those taking part were all aged [...]

Neville, from Stockport, is urging people to stay safe in the sun and protect themselves from skin cancer. Neville, from Stockport, was diagnosed with melanoma, a type of skin cancer, in September last year, and is urging people to stay safe in the sun and protect themselves from skin cancer. Grandfather-of-four Neville Jennings was a self-confessed sun worshipper before a shocking skin cancer diagnosis. Neville, from Stockport, was diagnosed with melanoma, a type of skin cancer, in September last year, and is urging people to stay safe in the sun and protect themselves from skin [...]

A BURY man with a learning disability is supporting a campaign to urge others with similar conditions to use their Bowel Cancer Home Testing Kit. Each month, the NHS posts out more than half a million free Faecal Immunochemical Test kits (FIT) to people to use in the privacy of their homes. The test can detect early signs of bowel cancer. Stephen Owen, 64, from Whitefield, Bury, completed his screening with the help of the Learning Disability Flagging Project which helps people with learning disabilities take part in the national Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. Now [...]