AboutNationalCancerSurvivorsDay
June the 4th 2023 is National Cancer Survivors Day worldwide, an opportunity to raise awareness of cancer and how it affects lives and celebrate the increasing number of people who are surviving cancer.
The day is a day of celebration for all cancer survivors and their friends and families and a day to raise awareness of cancer and how it affects lives. The event is a celebration of who have survivors, hope for the newly diagnosed, support for affected families and outreach in the community.
Cancer survivorship can mean different things to different people. Whether you’re recently diagnosed, living with cancer, have finished active treatment or have been cancer free for several years, we want to support you in your cancer survivorship. On this dedicated hub you will find information from some of our expert team, personal stories from cancer survivors and information about our hospitals.
What’s it really like to survive cancer?
More people are living beyond cancer than ever before. Whilst this is very encouraging, it’s important that we recognise cancer survivors can experience challenges beyond treatment, such as fear of recurrence or ongoing side-effects from their treatment.
Each person’s experience of cancer is different and for many patients adjusting to life after treatment may not be simple, so it's important that each patient gets the support they need at the time that's right for them.
