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Just one per cent of Brits know the tell-tale signs of some of the deadliest cancers, according to a poll.

Awareness of symptoms of the most lethal types of the disease is dangerously low across the country, a coalition of cancer charities have warned.

This is despite early diagnosis being key for the best chance of survival.

MailOnline has got hold of the quiz, which asked Brits to identify all the symptoms for six types of cancer from a set list.

TAKE THE QUIZ BELOW

Awareness of symptoms of the most lethal types of cancer — including of the lung (pictured) — is dangerously low across the country, a coalition of cancer charities have warned

Do you know the symptoms of the most lethal cancers?

Questions

Answers at bottom of article

1. What are the symptoms of liver cancer?

a) Jaundice (yellowing of your skin)

b) Feeling very tired and weak

c) Unintentional weight loss

d) Pain or swelling in your abdomen

e) Loss of appetite

f) Feeling and being sick

g) Itchy skin

h) Feeling very full after eating

i) Shortness of breath

j) Speech or vision problems

k) Seizures

l) None of the above

2. What are the symptoms of a brain tumour?

a) Vision or speech problems

b) Seizures

c) Shortness of breath

d) Mental or behavioural changes

e) Nausea or vomiting

f) Difficulty swallowing

g) Jaundice (yellowing of your skin)

h) Headaches

3. What are the symptoms of oesophageal cancer?

a) Seizures

b) Loss of appetite and weight loss

c) Hoarseness

d) Persistent indigestion or heartburn

e) A persistent cough

f) Jaundice (yellowing of your skin)

g) Pain in stomach, chest or back

h) Vomiting

i) Tiredness or shortness of breath

j) Speech or vision problems

k) Difficulty swallowing

l) None of the above

4. What are the symptoms of lung cancer?

a) A cough that does not go away

b) Speech or vision problems

c) Weight loss and loss of appetite

d) Seizures

e) Chest pain that is often worse with deep breathing, coughing or laughing

f) Shortness of breath

g) Jaundice (yellowing of your skin)

h) Feeling tired or weak

i) Hoarseness

j) Coughing up blood

5. What are the symptoms of stomach cancer?

a) Stomach pain

b) Feeling bloated after eating

c) Jaundice (yellowing of your skin)

d) Feeling full very quickly when eating

e) Speech or vision problems

f) Shortness of breath

g) Trapped wind

h) Nausea

i) Heartburn

j) Difficulty swallowing

k) Indigestion

l) None of the above

6. What are the symptoms of pancreatic cancer?

a) Coughing up blood

b) Pain in the back or stomach area

c) Chest pain that is often worse with deep breathing, coughing or laughing

d) Jaundice (yellowing of your skin)

e) Unexpected weight loss

f) Seizures

Answers at bottom of article

The UK-wide survey of 2,001 adults, commissioned by the Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce, asked respondents to select all symptoms of six cancers from a multiple choice list.

The cancers quizzed about included lung, liver, brain, oesophageal, pancreatic and stomach — classed as 'less survivable cancers'.

More than 90,000 people are diagnosed with these cancers in the UK each year, leading to more than 67,000 deaths annually — around a half of all cancer deaths.

In the US, around 475,000 people will be told they have a less survivable cancer, while more than 250,000 will die from one.

Just 16 per cent of people, on average, survive for five years after being diagnosed with these cancers. The taskforce is working to increase this to 28 per cent by 2029.

Results showed that just one per cent of people correctly identified all the symptoms of liver cancer presented to them.

Meanwhile, awareness for oesophogeal and stomach cancers fared at just two per cent and three per cent respectively.

Some seven per cent of respondents could correctly identify all the symptoms of pancreatic cancer, while nine per cent could spot the signs of lung cancer.

Knowledge of brain tumour symptoms fared better, but still only 20 per cent could correctly identify all symptoms.

Cancer Research UK figures show the 10-year survival rates for different types of cancers. Rates are highest for melanoma - a type of skin cancer, breast and prostate cancer

While the level of progress for cancer survival for some forms of the disease has been rapid, such as for breast and prostate cancers, others, like those for lung and pancreas have only improved at a snail's pace

NHS push on primary care early cancer diagnosis

Guidance published by NHS England in November urged GPs to send thousands more patients directly for scans in a bid to speed up cancer diagnoses and free-up hundreds of thousands of hospital appointments.

Health bosses want family doctors to bypass hospital medics and request more ultrasounds, brain MRIs and CT scans themselves.

It comes as a new NHS pilot in Cornwall was launched this month allowing pharmacies spot people who repeatedly come into buy cough medicine or other medicines to manage their symptoms and can refer them to get checked for cancer.

More than 11,000 pharmacies in

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