Manchester Versus Cancer Alliance: 'Don't be a Cancer Chancer'; how a colloquial message of hope empowered people to save their own lives.
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This paper tells how a small budget social marketing campaign saved lives in Greater Manchester with a positive message about cancer.
By creating hope instead of fear 'Don't be a Cancer Chancer' altered the way that a population reacted to the early signs of breast, lung and bowel cancer.
Despite the notorious difficulties in successfully evaluating the true effects of public health campaigns, the evidence overwhelmingly suggests that 'Don't be a Cancer Chancer'...