04/02/2026
🌍 World Cancer Day 🌍
Today we join the global community to raise awareness about cancer — a disease that touches almost every one of us in some way.
📊 Did you know?
• In the UK alone, around 420,000 people are diagnosed with cancer every year— that’s about person every 90 seconds
• Approximately 1 in 2 people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime
• Around 40% of cancers could be prevented by lifestyle changes like increased activity, healthy eating, and not smoking.
💙 How physiotherapy can help
Physiotherapy plays a valuable role in supporting people with cancer at every stage of their journey. It can help to:
• Manage treatment-related fatigue and increase energy levels
• Improve strength, flexibility, balance and mobility
• Reduce pain, stiffness and swelling
• Support recovery after surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy or prolonged hospital stays
• Enhance confidence and independence for daily activities
• Improve quality of life and psychological well-being
Today and every day, let’s support patients, survivors, carers and health professionals working together to improve care, outcomes and quality of life for people affected by cancer. 💪