Less Survivable Cancers Awareness Day – calling for action to improve early diagnosis

January 11, 2023

Today (January 11^th) is National Less Survivable Cancers Awareness Day, which aims to highlight the critical importance of early diagnosis in improving survival and quality of life for people diagnosed with less survivable cancers including liver cancer.

To mark the day, the Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce (LSCT) has released new data to highlight the critical importance of symptom awareness for early diagnosis of lung, liver, brain, oesophageal, pancreatic and stomach cancers.

Read more on our Liver Cancer UK website

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