Don't be a Cancer Chancer - How a Colloquial Message of Hope Empowered a Population To Save Their Own Lives

Every year 500 people in Greater Manchester could be saved from cancer death if their symptoms were presented earlier.

Don't be a Cancer Chancer – How a Colloquial Message of Hope Empowered a Population To Save Their Own Lives

Principal Author: Sarah Booth - McCann Erickson Communications House (Manchester) Contributing Author: Emily-Jane Brown - McCann Erickson Communications House (Manchester)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

In a Nutshell…

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.

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