Sunday 1 August, 2021
Peter MacNamara has been battling prostate cancer since 2011 and has found immunotherapy via a clinical trial to be hugely helpful.
Bryce Evans and Terry Phelan pay tribute to the late Alan McLoughlin.
Consultant Gastroenterologist Professor Pádraic Mac Mathuna is calling on those aged 60-69 to register for bowel screening.
Inherited faulty genes play a major role in 5 to 10% of all cancers.
“My perception is that there is an increasing reluctance to tend for smears because they just feel there’s relatively little point,” Dr Charles Gillham told TheJournal.ie.
There have been calls for a State backed back-to-work scheme for cancer patents.
Dr Greg Korpanty of University Hospital Limerick on cancer treatment in Ireland during a pandemic.
The already approved drug could be used to treat more aggressive forms of breast cancer that don’t always respond to traditional chemotherapy.
She was the quiet half of a powerful partnership with the outgoing Marnie McBean.
Expert says linking IVF funding with the commencement of legislation is a ‘way of putting it off’.
After non melanoma skin cancer, the most common cancers in men are prostate cancer, bowel cancer and lung cancer.
Referrals and attendances at clinics dipped significantly at the start of the pandemic.
Purple House Cancer Support Centre received almost 3,000 calls to its helpline since March.
Out of 110,000 invitations, only 12,000 have come forward, according to CervicalCheck director.
To date this year, the society has received €2.8 million in legacy gifts.
That’s according to a new report published by the National Cancer Registry.
His family announced the shock news on social media.
It was reported today that a Department of Health briefing warns of a major backlog in cancer treatments.
Paul Reid said he has written to Paul Morrissey, Ruth’s husband, to offer an apology on behalf of the HSE.
Thousands of extra people could die in the next five years due to delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers have found.
The popular, liberal judge said that she wouldn’t retire.
The HSE, the Irish Cancer Society, and the National Treatment Purchase Fund gave submissions to an Oireachtas Special Committee today.
Priority groups will receive letters from 6 July.
Cancer screening services will begin to return at the end of the month – but there is huge gap in referrals in the past 3 months.
Overall, referrals to cancer services have fallen to less than half of the usual numbers.
All screening services were cancelled in March when the Covid-19 pandemic began.
Six months after receiving a normal screening result, the Wexford mother-of-two was diagnosed with breast cancer.
The last thing GPs want is to see patients have a cancer diagnosis delayed, the HSE said today.
If you have a chest pain or a lump on your breast, call your GP for a phone consultation.
Holly Kennedy is doing her best to handle her treatment for breast cancer, while all around her has changed.
Daffodil Day is cancelled, but James Gilleran is hoping people will give what they can.
A number of cancer patients rely on treatment overseas for various different types of cancers.
The service is available to both adults and children who are affected by cancer.
1985 UK Championship runner-up Willie Thorne, who has been a commentator for the BBC, says he is starting chemotherapy in Spain today.
The charity cancelled it’s major fundraising events amid concern around the coronavirus.
The pancreatic cancer patient died yesterday after suffering burns to 40% of her body.
Walsh, who developed cervical cancer, was one of the 221 women whose smear tests were read incorrectly.
A new report from the Irish Cancer Society suggests cancer patients are also facing huge losses in earnings.
Bracknell’s cancer diagnosis came to light in October 2016.
The Sarcoma Action & Support Group has called for Health Minister Simon Harris to intervene.
