The Big Check Up 2022 from The Marie Keating Foundation
Presents
The First Poster To Catch Lung Cancer
“Lung cancer is the world’s biggest cancer killer – it has many symptoms that can be overlooked and often it’s caught too late for the new treatments available to make a difference. The most striking symptom is a cough”
To encourage those with a long-standing cough to get it checked, and to reach them in the most targeted way possible the Marie Keating Foundation has worked with doctors, patients, and technicians to create an innovation that is the message – revealing itself only to those with a cough.
IF THAT COUGH HAS BECOME A PART OF YOUR LIFE,
GET IT CHECKED!
The Big Check Up 2022 campaign aims to increase awareness of early signs and symptoms, encourage action and ultimately improve survival rates through early diagnosis. This Lung Cancer Awareness Month, we not only aim to shine a spotlight on Ireland’s biggest cancer killer – Lung Cancer and increase awareness but we are also taking action and we need your support.
More people die from lung cancer in Ireland than any other type of cancer, it’s the biggest killer causing more deaths than breast and prostate cancer put together all over the world. Every 18 seconds, someone, somewhere in the world dies of lung cancer.
With advancements in treatments and medications, early detection and diagnoses can save lives and give families precious time – the most valuable thing to loved ones. Lung screening for those at high risk can find lung cancer earlier than when symptoms appear, giving treatments the best chance to save a life. If that cough or any other signs or symptoms have become a part of your life, get checked. If you want to see lung screening available in Ireland then read on and get signing.
Key symptoms of lung cancer:
- A recurring cough
- A change in a cough you have had for a long time
- Shortness of breath
- Coughing up phlegm (sputum) with signs of blood in it
- An ache or pain in the chest or shoulder
- Unexplained loss of appetite
- Unexplained tiredness (fatigue)
- Unexplained weight loss
- Ongoing chest infections
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