{"id":26968,"date":"2021-04-13T14:02:59","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T14:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org\/?p=18430"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:14:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:14:58","slug":"talk-cancer-how-to-have-conversations-that-could-save-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/talk-cancer-how-to-have-conversations-that-could-save-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk Cancer: How to have conversations that could save lives"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cHow can I reduce my risk of cancer?\u201d<\/p>\n

Over 40,000 people in the UK Google that or something similar each year. But despite thousands of us turning to the web for answers, it\u2019s something many don\u2019t feel comfortable talking about.
But we want to change that.<\/p>\n

Around 1 in 2 people in the UK will be diagnosed with some form of cancer during their lifetime. However, around 4 in 10 of those cancers are preventable<\/a>, largely through making healthy changes.<\/p>\n

That means there\u2019s a large proportion of cancer cases each year, more than 135,000 in the UK in fact, where we do have some control over the cause and there\u2019s a potentially life-saving action people can take.<\/p>\n

And for the proportion of cancers that aren\u2019t preventable, there are still actions we can take that can make all the difference. Spotting cancer at an early stage can save lives, as the chances of successful treatment are much higher.<\/p>\n

Conversations about cancer prevention and early diagnosis aren\u2019t easy, but we\u2019re here to help.<\/p>\n

Our Talk Cancer training programme<\/a> equips people with the knowledge, skills and confidence to have supportive conversations with people about what causes cancer and what healthy changes they could make to reduce their risk, as well as the importance of spotting cancer early.<\/p>\n

It looks at strategies you can use to break down barriers that people might have for taking positive action for their health as well as dispelling some of the fear, fatalism and myths that surround cancer.<\/p>\n

How can you help people reduce their risk of cancer?<\/h2>\n

Causes of cancer can be placed into roughly 2 camps: things we can control and things we can\u2019t. The latter includes things like getting older and our DNA.<\/p>\n

But there are plenty of things we have some control over, including:<\/p>\n