Coming just days after the third anniversary of the publication of the under resourced NI Cancer Strategy, today’s latest NI Cancer Waiting Times Statistics show an urgent need for all local politicians and governing bodies to commit to addressing cancer. The Department of Health figures show...
Cornmarket Insurance and Adelaide Motorbike have shown their support to former colleague, Charlotte Nicholas, by selecting Cancer Focus Northern Ireland as their charity partner for 2025. The staff at Cornmarket Insurance and Adelaide Motorbike, an insurance company who have been providing exception...
Groundbreaking research funded by Cancer Focus Northern Ireland, presenting the first estimates of people living with metastatic breast cancer in Northern Ireland, was unveiled today at Stormont to policymakers, charity representatives, and health officials, including Health Minister Mike Nesbitt. O...
No Smoking Month is fast approaching, and the Public Health Agency (PHA) and Cancer Focus Northern Ireland are encouraging smokers to ‘Make March Your Month to Quit’. Smoking is the biggest preventable cause of ill-health, disability and death in Northern Ireland, responsible for approximately 35,00...
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...
