Bone Cancer Awareness Week 2020

12 – 18 October 2020

76% of primary bone cancer cases in the UK are misdiagnosed. #BoneCancerAwareness Week 2020 is all about educating GPs, Radiologists, Physiotherapists, Pharmacists and Medical Students about the signs and symptoms of primary bone cancer, alongside raising vital awareness amongst the general public. Read on to find out more…

Bone cancer awareness amongst healthcare professionals and the public is vitally important for improving outcomes for patients. Harmony’s symptoms started with a lump on her left arm, she also started feeling tired and developed tingling feelings in her fingers. She was initially diagnosed with an infection and given antibiotics. A friend of the family, who is a paramedic booked Harmony an X-ray which revealed the damage to her arm and that it had been eating into her bone. A biopsy followed and confirmed it was Ewing sarcoma.