The Scottish Government has launched a campaign aimed at increasing screening rates post-pandemic (Anthony Devlin/PA)
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Scots over the age of 40 have been urged to get checked for cancer if they have a persistent cough for more than three weeks, as the NHS hopes to get back to pre-pandemic screening levels.
The Detect Cancer Early (DCE) campaign aims to get those with a new cough or unusual breathlessness – early signs of lung cancer – to contact their GP.
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Get potential symptoms checked early by your GP.
A bold Detect Cancer Early (DCE) campaign is encouraging people to contact their GP if they have a new or different persistent cough or unusual breathlessness for three weeks or more in an effort to return to pre-pandemic cancer detection levels.
These could be the early signs of lung cancer – and it’s important to get checked, especially if you’re over 40. While lung cancer is the most common cancer in Scotland, with around 5,500 new cases diagnosed every year, more people than ever are surviving the disease. This is down to improved treatments and more people being diagnosed earlier.
Stephen Hendry overcomes Jimmy White in World Championship qualifying
Stephen Hendry overcame old foe Jimmy White (Richard Sellers/PA)
Twenty-seven years after dashing Jimmy White’s dreams in their fourth World Championship final, Stephen Hendry returned to haunt his former foe once again with a 6-3 comeback win in Sheffield.
Hendry’s one-sided triumph in their first qualifying round clash belied a desperately gruelling affair in which the only flicker of their respective former glories came in the sixth frame when the Scot summoned a steely 66 clearance.
Hendry, who now faces China’s Xu Si in the second qualifying round on Wednesday, said: “It wasn’t pretty and I kind of thought it would go that way because there was so much hype on it.
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