Rutherglen MSP urges locals to access cancer screenings after awareness stall visit

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A Rutherglen MSP has encouraged locals to access cancer screenings as she visited the Cancer Research’s Cancer Awareness Roadshow yesterday.The Cancer Research’s Cancer Awareness Roadshow team welcomed MSP Clare Haughey to their stall at the Rutherglen Exchange Shopping Centre yesterday as they spoke to residents about how small health changes can reduce their cancer risk, encouraged them to know what’s normal for their body and gave them the confidence to go to the GP with any concerns.The Roadshow was first set up in 2006 and was set up in partnership with Ronan Keating and the Marie Keating Foundation to help people spot cancer early as treatment is more likely to be successful when cancer is diagnosed at an early stage.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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