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Cancer awareness calendar

Here you'll find our calendar which highlights the specific days, weeks and months that are used to promote important messages about cancer types and risk factors.

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Key awareness dates

Discover key cancer awareness dates throughout the year with this helpful overview to support education, advocacy, and community action.

January

An icon of a person with the cervical area highlighted in pink.

Cervical Cancer Prevention Week

Navy icon of a magnifying glass.

Less Survivable Cancer Awareness Day (11 January)*

February

An icon of a person with the kidneys highlighted in pink.

Kidney Cancer Awareness week

An icon of a person with the oesophageal area highlighted in pink.

Oesophageal Cancer Awareness Month

A navy icon of the earth.

World Cancer Day (4 February)

March

An icon of a person with the brain area highlighted in pink.

Brain Tumour Awareness Month

An icon that shows the bowel area highlighted in pink on an outline of a body.

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

An icon of a person with the cervical area highlighted in pink.

International HPV Awareness Day (4 March)

An icon of a person with the kidneys highlighted in pink.

Kidney Cancer Awareness Month

An icon of a person with the ovaries highlighted in pink.

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

An icon of a person with the prostate highlighted in pink.

Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

April

An icon that shows the bowel area highlighted in pink on an outline of a body.

Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

An icon of a person with the testical area highlighted in pink.

Testicular Cancer Prevention Month

An icon depicting a child's head and shoulders.

Teenager and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month

May

An icon of a person with the bladder highlighted in pink.

Bladder Cancer Awareness Month

An icon of a person with a pink magnifying glass over the skin to depict melanoma.

Melanoma Awareness Month

An icon of a person with the border highlighted in pink to depict skin.

Skin Cancer Awareness Month

A navy circle with a white sun icon in the middle.

Sun Awareness Week

An icon of a person with the ovaries highlighted in pink.

World Ovarian Cancer Day (8 May)

June

An icon of a person with the cervical area highlighted in pink.

Cervical Screening Awareness Week

An icon of a navy circle with magenta myeloma cells.

Myeloma Awareness Week

July

An icon of a person with bones highlighted in pink.

Sarcoma Awareness Month

An icon of a navy circle with a white side profile of a head inside.

World Head and Neck Cancer Day (27 July)

August

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September

An icon of a navy circle with magenta myeloma cells.

Blood Cancer Awareness Month

An icon depicting a child's head and shoulders.

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

An icon of a person with the gynaecological area highlighted in pink.

Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month

An icon of a navy circle with a white DNA symbol inside to depict hereditary cancer.

Hereditary Cancer Awareness Week

An icon of a person with the thyroid area highlighted in pink.

Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month

An icon of a person with the urological area highlighted in pink.

Urological Cancer Awareness Month

October

An icon of a person with the breast area highlighted in pink.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

An icon of a person with the liver highlighted in pink.

Liver Cancer Awareness Month

An icon of a navy circle with magenta myeloma cells.

Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS) World Awareness Day (25 October)

An icon of a person with the salivary gland highlighted in pink.

Salivary Gland Cancer Day (4 October)

November

An icon of a person with the stomach highlighted in pink.

Gastric Cancer Awareness Month

Illustration of a body showing the location of the lungs.

Lung Cancer Awareness Month

An icon of a person with the mouth area highlighted in pink.

Mouth Cancer Action Month

An icon of a person with the prostate highlighted in pink.

Movember**

An icon of a person with the pancreas highlighted in pink.

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month

December

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Calendar PDF

Find the latest version of our awareness calendar in PDF format below.

Access a PDF of the calendar

*Less Survivable Cancers Awareness Day encompasses brain tumours, liver cancer, lung cancer, oesophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer and stomach cancer. **Movember is often used to raise awareness for prostate cancer.