Non-profit organisation 'Stop Darmkanker' filled Antwerp's Grote Markt with 248 empty white chairs on Monday morning. The chairs represent the number of people who died of bowel cancer last month in Belgium.
Each year, International Bowel Cancer Month aims to raise awareness about bowel cancer, its high mortality rate, and the importance of early detection for timely treatment.
In Flanders, the Population Screening for Bowel Cancer sends free stool tests every two years to everyone between 50 and 74 years old. However, many still do not participate.
With this action in Antwerp's main square, 'Stop Darmkanker' wants to highlight the significant impact of bowel cancer on society and the large number of often preventable deaths. This symbolic act concludes the annual campaign against bowel cancer.
