Belfast man on a mission after losing wife to cancer with 'sneaky symptoms'

Belfast man on a mission after losing wife to cancer with 'sneaky symptoms'

She had made repeated visits to the GP with symptoms, which over the following years became persistent and gradually worse.

Episode 203: ‘See the symptom, not the pregnancy’- a look at cancer diagnosis during pregnancy

Today, we’re speaking to Dr Afrodita Marcu, a Research Fellow in Cancer Care at the University of Surrey. Title of paper: Symptom appraisal and help- seeking before a cancer diagnosis during pregnancy: a qualitative study Available at: https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2024.0208 There is a gap in current understanding about the experiences of women diagnosed with cancer during or around pregnancy including how they appraise and seek help for cancer-…