From tomorrow Thursday 5th November the Lung Cancer Nurse Specialist Team from Leicester’s Hospitals along with members from the Mesothelioma UK Resource Centre based in Leicester are teaming up with the Macmillan Mobile Bus Service to urge the public to be ‘Signs and Symptoms Aware’.

The public will be encouraged to play their part in helping to detect early diagnosis to fight the UK’s most lethal forms of lung cancer. The Macmillan Mobile Bus Service will be stopping off in different locations in Leicestershire from Tuesday 3rd to Thursday 5th November.

The Lung Cancer Nurse Specialist Team along with the Smoking Cessation Specialists will be attending the event on Thursday between 8am and 6pm at the Haymarket Shopping Centre on Humberstone Gate West. No appointment is necessary, and everyone is welcome.

The team will be there to offer free, confidential advice and support to anyone with a concern or a question relating to any aspect of lung cancer and its treatment.

Sharon Savory, Lung Cancer Nurse Specialist from Leicester’s Hospitals, said: “Each year our team get involved to promote the awareness of all types of lung cancer and this year has coincided with the Macmillan Cancer Support’s Mobile Bus Road Show and so we will be going along to provide support and to help hand out literature and advice to anyone who wants to talk to us. The message we want to convey is that it is important to detect symptoms early and to visit your GP immediately in order to get the best possible treatment.”

If you have questions about cancer or want to find out more about the signs and symptoms of lung cancer or want advice on how to quit smoking then please visit: www.macmillan.org.uk or call Macmillan free on 0808 808 00 00.