Cancer Awareness Days
One of WECAN’s main objectives is to improve outcomes for all cancer patients in Europe. A method of doing this is to increase concern and educate patients, advocates, and the public through awareness campaigns. Find member organization awareness days, months, and weeks and help us raise awareness and improve outcomes for all cancer patients.
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March
- European Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
- March 21 – Anal Cancer Awareness Day
- March 22 – Lynch Syndrome Day
June
- June 17 – World Kidney Cancer Day
July
- Sarcoma Awareness Month
- July 13 – GIST Awareness Day
August
- August 1 – World Lung Cancer Day
September
- Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month
- September 1 – World CLL Day
- September 4 – World Leukemia Day
- September 15 –World Lymphoma Awareness Day
- September 20 – World Gynecologic Oncology Day
- September 22 – World CML Cancer Day
- Last Wednesday of September – World Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Day
October
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Liver Cancer Awareness Month
- October 6 – European Carers Day
- October 11 – 17 – Bone Cancer Awareness Week
- October 13 – Metastatic Breast Cancer Awareness Day
- October 15 – Breast Health Day
- October 25 – MDS World Awareness Day
- October 30 – November 6 – International Brain Tumour Awareness Week
November
- Lung Cancer Awareness Month
- Gastric Cancer Awareness Month
- October 30 – November 6 – International Brain Tumour Awareness Week
- November 10 – World NET Cancer Day
- Third Thursday of November – Word Pancreatic Cancer Day