MLAs at Stormont have heard from former cancer patients that they face significant discrimination when applying for insurance and mortgages, despite being cancer-free for more than five years. The evidence was presented at today’s All-Party Group on Cancer, supported by Cancer Focus NI and cha...
Health Minister Mike Nesbitt has visited the site of the new Cancer Focus Northern Ireland Support Centre in Enniskillen to review progress ahead of its scheduled opening this spring. The centre, the first of its kind in Northern Ireland, will provide nurse-led support services to individuals and fa...
A new study funded by Cancer Focus Northern Ireland and published earlier this week in JAMA Network Open estimates there are around 250 patients diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer annually in Northern Ireland, and almost 1,000 patients are currently living with the disease. This landmark study...
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland has announced a remarkable £110,000 fundraising milestone through its Pink Run breast cancer awareness campaign, proudly sponsored by Dale Farm Sukie. Now in its ninth year, the sold-out Pink Run welcomed over 1,100 enthusiastic participants to Titanic Slipways for a pi...
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland today welcomed 100 head and neck cancer patients, carers, and professionals to their annual Head and Neck Cancer Support and Information Day at The Dunadry Hotel Co. Antrim. Over 350 people are diagnosed with head and neck cancers annually in Northern Ireland and around...
