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Giant lungs featuring Liverpool landmark shine a light on cancer warning signs
Discover why a striking North West installation is urging people to take symptoms seriously and what to look out for.
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00:00Northwest Cancer Research has unveiled lungs featuring Liverpool Lyme Street, highlighting
00:06lung cancer rates in the region.
00:08The charity says lung cancer is 25 per cent more common in the North West compared with
00:15the rest of England.
00:16This rises to 54 per cent more common in Merseyside.
00:20Its In Plain Sight campaign urges people to recognise warning signs, including a cough
00:25lasting more than three weeks, breathlessness, coughing up blood and unexplained weight loss.
00:31The nine-foot installation was displayed at a centre in Hume.
00:35A Hoylake woman diagnosed with lung cancer says she mistook a cough for Covid.
00:40The NHS advises people with symptoms to contact their GP.
00:44PEI.

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