Charities come together to show support for cancer sufferers

The two charities are coming together for the conference on Friday, November 11, at the Merseyside Maritime Museum, Albert Dock, Liverpool.

During the event, Chet Trivedy, trustee of the Oral Health Foundation, will be offering oral health checks with a visual mouth cancer examination to help raise awareness and knowledge of the signs, symptoms and causes of mouth cancer.

Speaking on the event, Chet said: “Many of the people at the event will have had first hand experience of living with the effects of head and neck cancer and understand the major impact that it can have on people even when they beat this terrible disease.

“Mouth cancer can affect the most basic elements of people’s lives by contributing to major problems with breathing, swallowing, eating and drinking. The ability of people to speak can also be dramatically affected and even lost.

“It goes far beyond physical problems too, as these issues can contribute to depression, difficulties with communication, low self esteem, social isolation and even severely impact on relationships.