Barrett's Wessex is a regional patient support & education charity (reg. no. 1148727)

officially "Wessex Friends of Barrett's Oesophagus Campaign" 

(reg. no, 1127495)


On average one person an hour dies of oesophageal cancer in UK.

There may be one million people with the pre-cancerous condition, Barrett's Oesophagus, but only 10% have been identified and will be screened to minimise the risk of progression to cancer.

Please note. This site is run by non medically trained personnel. Although we take advice from medical colleagues nothing on this site should be taken as a replacement for seeing your own doctor.

 Newly diagnosed with Barrett's Oesophagus? 

 Take 20 minutes to follow the JOURNEY tab to learn more about it. 

Our Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday 3 June 2015
at 6:00pm with a free public lecture by Tim Underwood
(surgeon / researcher from Southampton)
in the lecture theatre of Southampton General Hospital (All welcome.)
Diary


The March newsletter
is now available
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxiYXJyZXR0c3dlc3NleG5ld3N8Z3g6Mzg2ZWZhMTg3YWNhNzljYQ
The March newsletter containing a report on the OperaBabes concert can be downloaded from the News/Newsletters page.
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