Teaming up to tackle lung cancer

COLLABORATION TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO VISIT THEIR GP IF THEY ARE DISPLAYING ANY SYMPTOMS

- By DEBORAH HALL

HUMBER and North Yorkshire Cancer Alliance has teamed up with newly crowned Super League champions Hull KR to encourage people to visit their GP if they are displaying lung cancer symptoms.

The collaboration also brings into play Hull City and Hull FC, as well as Scunthorpe United, Scarborough Athletic and York City.

Much-loved mascots from these teams have worked with the Cancer Alliance to create a series of fun videos with a serious message to be shown on the clubs' social media channels during November which is Lung Cancer Awareness Month.

Lung cancer is one of the most common and serious types of cancer. More than 43,000 people are diagnosed with the condition every year in the UK.

There are usually no signs or symptoms in the early stages of lung cancer, but many people with the condition eventually develop symptoms including:

A cough that does not go away after three weeks

Existing cough that changes or gets worse

Chest infections that keep coming back

Coughing up blood

Being short of breath a lot