Lung Cancer Awareness Month Given Support By NPA, UK

Main Category: Lung Cancer
Also Included In: Pharmacy / Pharmacist
Article Date: 17 Sep 2007 - 18:00 PST

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The NPA is working with The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation and Macmillan Cancer Support to promote November's Lung Cancer Awareness Month through community pharmacy.

NPA members will receive with their October InTouch (the NPA's member magazine) an A4 'Lung Cancer Awareness' poster for pharmacists to display in their shops. The campaign message is "Early Diagnosis Saves Lives" and it is hoped that pharmacists will become a key healthcare professional in raising awareness of the disease throughout the month of November and beyond.

The NPA will also provide guidance on how pharmacists can help with the early detection of lung cancer. Members will be asked to look out for symptoms of lung cancer and refer patients presenting with them to their GPs.

Neal Patel, NPA Head of Communications said: "It is great that we have been able to develop our partnership with The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation and Macmillan Cancer Support that started in the run up to the smoking ban. When we heard they wanted to promote early detection of lung cancer we thought it made sense to involve pharmacists in this initiative - they are ideally placed to help with prevention as well as detection of lung cancer."

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