Barrett's Patient Support

Our aim is to reduce deaths to oesophageal cancer through raising awareness of Barrett's Oesophagus.

[Barrett's Patient Support @BarrettSupport]

February is Oesophageal Cancer Awareness month in UK.
#OesophagealCancerAwarenessMonth #EarlyDetection #OesophagealCancerAwareness #ActionAgainstHeartburn #LessSurvivableCancers #DeadlyCancerGap @lesssurvivable

[Esophageal Cancer RF @SalgiFoundation]

Download our FREE ebook: 'Esophageal Cancer Survivor Stories.' These survivor stories highlight the importance of early detection, routine screening and quality treatment.
Visit: https://t.co/F06FB2hXuZ
#EsophagealCancer
#EsophagealCancerAwareness
#AllPeriwinkleEverything™

[Esophageal Cancer RF @SalgiFoundation]

Download our FREE ebook: 'Esophageal Cancer Survivor Stories.' These survivor stories highlight the importance of early detection, routine screening and quality treatment.
Visit: https://t.co/F06FB2hXuZ
#EsophagealCancer
#EsophagealCancerAwareness
#AllPeriwinkleEverything™

[Barrett's Patient Support @BarrettSupport]

February is Oesophageal Cancer Awareness Month in UK.
If you would like a free copy of Down With Acid lite, ask.
https://t.co/aS6lon7mWr
#OesophagealCancerAwarenessMonth #EarlyDetection #OesophagealCancerAwareness #ActionAgainstHeartburn #LessSurvivableCancers #DeadlyCancerGap

[Action-vs-Heartburn @ActionHeartburn]

Next month is #OesophagealCancer Awareness Month.

Please help us to raise awareness of the connection between chronic heartburn and oesophageal cancer, the seventh most common cause of cancer death in the UK.

Visit https://t.co/w1cVgxVT6x for our social media toolkit.

[Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce @LessSurvivable]

Thank you so much to Heulwen Wyatt for powerfully talking about her experience with oesophageal cancer, and the need to improve outcomes for less survivable cancers. Watch the full interview below 👇
https://t.co/3qGNCzCbp1

[Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce @LessSurvivable]

Read the facts.👇 It's this simple the research gap is costing lives. Contact your MP today and help us #CloseTheResearchGap.

[Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce @LessSurvivable]

Great to see #CloseTheResearchGap getting media coverage.

Check out one of the main stories here: https://t.co/BjiRrwsokC

[Stewart Dickson CF MLA 🇺🇦 @stewartcdickson]

It is Less Survivable Cancer Awareness Week. I am calling on the Health Minister to invest money into the research of these six cancers, to address inequalities in research investment, improve early diagnosis, support development of new treatments and ultimately save lives.

[Action-vs-Heartburn @ActionHeartburn]

Earlier diagnosis and screening would be a great step forward to reduce deaths from #oesophageal cancer. The Cytosponge technology has been with us for c 20 years so it is about time that clinical practice caught up to save some of those @lesssurvivable cancer lives lost.

[Action-vs-Heartburn @ActionHeartburn]

Thank you @patrick_hurley for raising such important issues for #oesophageal and other @LessSurvivable cancers. Improving early diagnosis and correcting historical underfunding of research are vital for reducing mortality.

[The Brain Tumour Charity @BrainTumourOrg]

Thank you to @CliveJonesMP for securing the debate on Less Survivable Cancers today in Westminster Hall and for noting the work of @LessSurvivable, of which we are a founding member.

[Barrett's Patient Support @BarrettSupport]

These are just 4 different versions of 20mg omeprazole. I realise once out of copyright, manufacturers decide on the look but without standardisation, harmful mistakes could possibly occur from taking the wong medicine?

[Barrett's Patient Support @BarrettSupport]

I sometimes surprise myself.
Answering someone with apnoea, I thought I ought to add a chapter on it to Down With Acid, only to find I had already done that nearly two years ago.
I surprise myself with what I find in this encyclopaedia: https://t.co/0uyHrMNPlO

[Barrett's Patient Support @BarrettSupport]

Xmas giveaway.
FREE copy of DWA lite. Just pay post: £1.80 UK, £5.05 EU, £7.20 US, £8.25 Aus.
See https://t.co/R25a6pANu4
or email [email protected]

[Barrett's Patient Support @BarrettSupport]

Xmas giveaway.
FREE copy of DWA lite. Just pay post: £1.80 UK, £5.05 EU, £7.20 US, £8.25 Aus.
See https://t.co/R25a6pAfEw
or email [email protected]

[Barrett's Patient Support @BarrettSupport]

A Barrett’s Oesophagus 101:
This page provides a quick introductory lesson with links to learn more: https://t.co/svYmmJBHx4

[Barrett's Patient Support @BarrettSupport]

More facts about Barrett’s Oesophagus
3. Those who know they have it are the lucky ones. PPI + surveillance means we probably won’t die of the cancer.
Those who do die did not know they had Barrett’s until it was too late.
https://t.co/7zKNwaniUS

[Barrett's Patient Support @BarrettSupport]

More facts about Barrett’s Oesophagus.
2. Acid suppressant medication (PPIs) reduce the risk of Barrett’s cells mutating to cancer.
https://t.co/d4upJcEKal

[Barrett's Patient Support @BarrettSupport]

More facts about Barrett’s Oesophagus.
1. The cells are made from gastric stem cells, like those that line your stomach to protect against acid.
https://t.co/dkWsU0C48Y

[Barrett's Patient Support @BarrettSupport]

What people get wrong about Barrett’s Oesophagus.
7. Barrett’s is a death sentence. – WRONG.
People with Barrett’s have as much chance of living to an old age as anyone else.
But we need to find those who have it to stop them dying of OAC cancer.