Overview
- The NHS shared the advisory on X, urging anyone worried a symptom could be cancer to contact their GP.
- Guidance highlights seven general warning signs and details red flags across skin, digestion, mouth and throat, breathing, and reproductive health.
- Officials note there are more than 200 cancer types that can affect any part of the body, including organs, blood, bone marrow and the immune system.
- Macmillan Cancer Support estimates someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer roughly every 90 seconds.
- The NHS encourages people to take up breast, cervical and bowel screening invitations, discuss genetic testing when relevant, and follow healthy lifestyle measures to reduce some risks.