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<p>Public Health England’s (PHE) Be Clear on Cancer campaigns are designed to raise
the public’s awareness of specific cancer symptoms, encourage people with those symptoms
to go to the doctor and diagnose cancer at an earlier stage. These campaigns are delivered
by PHE in partnership with the Department and NHS England.</p><p> </p><p>The decision
on which cancers should be the focus of ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ campaigns is informed
by a steering group, whose members include primary and secondary care clinicians,
and key voluntary sector organisations.</p><p> </p><p>A number of factors are taken
into account when deciding which campaigns to develop and run, with one of the main
criteria being the scope to save lives through earlier diagnosis and whether the cancer
has a clear early sign or symptom that the general public can act upon should it arise.
There are a number of cancers, including those for which symptoms can be non-specific,
which are not covered by ‘Be Clear on Cancer’ specifically.</p>
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