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Cancer awareness calendar

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

Key awareness dates

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

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January

Cervical Cancer Prevention Week

Less Survivable Cancer Awareness Day (11 January)*

February

Kidney Cancer Awareness week

Oesophageal Cancer Awareness Month

World Cancer Day (4 February)

March

Illustration of a body showing the location of the brain.

Brain Tumour Awareness Month

Illustration of a body showing the location of the bowel.

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

International HPV Awareness Day (4 March)

Kidney Cancer Awareness Month

Illustration of a body showing the location of the ovaries.

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

Illustration of a body showing the location of the prostate gland.

Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

April

Illustration of a body showing the location of the bowel.

Bowel Cancer Awareness Month

Illustration of a body showing the location of the testicles.

Testicular Cancer Prevention Month

Illustration of a child.

Teenager and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Month

May

Illustration of a body showing the location of the bladder.

Bladder Cancer Awareness Month

Illustration of a body with a magnifying glass over the skin.

Melanoma Awareness Month

Illustration of a body with a magnifying glass over the skin.

Skin Cancer Awareness Month

A sun icon,.

Sun Awareness Week

Illustration of a body showing the location of the ovaries.

World Ovarian Cancer Day (8 May)

June

Cervical Screening Awareness Week

An icon of a Myeloma cell.

Myeloma Awareness Week

July

Sarcoma Awareness Month

A head icon.

World Head and Neck Cancer Day (27 July)

August

September

An icon of a Myeloma cell.

Blood Cancer Awareness Month

Illustration of a child.

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month

A DNA icon.

Hereditary Cancer Awareness Week

Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month

Urological Cancer Awareness Month

October

Illustration of a body showing the location of the breasts.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Liver Cancer Awareness Month

An icon of a Myeloma cell.

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

Salivary Gland Cancer Day (4 October)

November

A stomach icon.

Gastric Cancer Awareness Month

Illustration of a body showing the location of the lungs.

Lung Cancer Awareness Month

Mouth Cancer Action Month

Illustration of a body showing the location of the prostate gland.

Movember**

Illustration of a body showing the location of the pancreas.

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month

December

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_{*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.}