Raising awareness of signs and symptoms of cancer in teenage and young adults

The following sources may provide useful background to the topic of this debate.

Press releases

Public Health England

‘Help Us, Help You’ campaign urges public not to ignore persistent tummy troubles

11 November 2020

Teenage Cancer Trust

Mum’s heartbreak as delayed diagnosis leads to loss of ‘loving’ and ‘bubbly’ daughter

19 October 2020

NHS England

Celebs and lockdown heroes urge public to get cancer symptoms checked and attend routine appointments

9 October 2020

Teenage Cancer Trust

Cancer complications timebomb as teens go undiagnosed

24 April 2020

Cancer Research UK

A quarter of cancer patients experience avoidable delay to diagnosis

4 December 2019

Press articles

i news, 22 October 2020

‘I was diagnosed with cervical cancer at 21 – young people with symptoms should be taken seriously’

BBC news, 18 October 2020

Colchester woman dying of cancer urged others to get to a GP

BBC News, 12 October 2020

'Come forward to GP about cancer symptoms', experts say

i news, 12 August 2020

GPs failing to refer patients under 50 for bowel cancer checks, with Britons missing ‘red flag’ symptoms

The Guardian (London), 20 July 2020

Coronavirus may cause 3,500 deaths in England from four main cancers; Study shows diagnosis delays most likely to affect young or middle-aged in next five years

HSJ, 29 June 2020

The impact of coronavirus on young people with cancer

The Independent (United Kingdom), 22 January 2020

Cervical cancer rises among young women as progress on deadly disease ‘stalls’

HSJ, 15 January 2020

Five resolutions to improve the care of young cancer patients

HSJ, 4 December 2019

Ending cancer inequality for young people

Information and guidance

NHS

Cancer - signs and symptoms

NHS Long Term Plan ambitions for cancer

NHS England 

Rapid cancer diagnostic and assessment pathways (various documents), updated April 2019

National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE)

Suspected cancer: recognition and referral, NICE guideline [NG12], updated 11 January 2020

Wales Cancer Network

National optimal pathways (various)

Scottish Government

Scottish referral guidelines for suspected cancer, 22 January 2019

Cancer Research UK

Awareness and Prevention

Young people's cancer statistics

Macmillan Cancer Support

Teenagers and young adults

Cancer Strategy in England

Teenage Cancer Trust

The five most common cancer warning signs in young people

Education resources

Children with Cancer UK

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Teenagers and Young Adults with Cancer (TYAC)

Cancer in teenagers and young adults

Reports

Independent Cancer Taskforce, Achieving World-class cancer outcomes - a strategy for England 2015-2020, July 2015

NHS Cancer Programme update reports

Teenage Cancer Trust, Young Voices, Transforming the Lives of Young People with Cancer

Teenage Cancer Trust and Public Health England, 13-24 year olds with cancer in England Incidence, mortality and survival, January 2019

Journal articles

BMJ, 25 October 2020

G176 Public awareness of childhood, teenagers and young adult cancer signs and symptoms in Great Britain

House of Commons Library

Cancer strategy CDP 2018-003, 19 February 2018

Support for children with life-limiting and life-threatening conditions and their families, CDP 0010, 28 January 2019