September marks Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Month. Local woman Denise Kettyles (54) from Lisbellaw was diagnosed with endometrial cancer in January 2021 and is playing her part to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of the disease and support available to women diagnosed from Cancer Focus...
Cancer patient Jill Tsang is urging smokers to stub out the habit and Make March your Month to Quit. The 38-year-old Belfast mum stopped smoking on September 23, 2020, with help from the Cancer Focus Northern Ireland stop smoking service after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Cancer Focus NI sa...
Leading Northern Ireland cancer specialist Professor Mark Lawler today called for an All-Island Cancer Research Institute which he said would yield far-reaching benefits for the population. Time for change Speaking at an online meeting of Stormont’s All Party Group on Cancer (APGC), Prof Lawler said...
Cancer Focus NI COVID-19 update – January 2021 In line with government Coronavirus guidelines and advice we wanted to update you all on our service delivery: Counselling – offered exclusively online. For more information please visit: www.cancerfocusni.org/counselling Family support – of...
Cancer charity urges ‘If in doubt – get checked out’ Cases of mouth cancer in Northern Ireland are expected to almost double between 2015 and 2035, Cancer Focus Northern Ireland said today. Between 2014 and 2018 an average of 246 people in Northern Ireland were diagnosed with mouth cancer each y...
