Clinical Oncology in the South and Southwest
Clinical Oncology is best served by your own increased levels of vigilance. Being aware of signs and symptoms of different types of cancer is one way of helping to reduce your risk and detect cancers early.
Awareness and screening programs are important elements in the fight against cancer, increasing the detection rate, making early detection more likely and encouraging preventative lifestyle measures. National screening programs do not exist for all cancers. This is for a number of reasons but mainly because of the potential for unnecessary anxiety to the patient and the potential harm screening may cause. In developing screening programs oncology hospitals in Plymouth and the South have carefully assessed the potential harms and benefits to the local population and have in place a number of resources and projects.
The Hospitals and Oncology in the South and Southwest website has been created in order to provide a general resource to anyone who wants to know more about cancer, how cancer is treated and how to reduce the risks of getting cancer.
The Information here is for you, no matter who you are. You might be someone who is worried about cancer and want to know how to reduce your risk. Perhaps you are someone who has been recently diagnosed with cancer. Maybe you are a friend or are looking after someone with cancer.
We have set up this website in the hope of making life easier by providing all you might need to know about hospitals and oncology in Plymouth and the whole south and southwest of England. If there is anything that we haven't covered here that you would like more information about, please don't hesitate to get in touch with us.