Debra Rice (44), a legal secretary from south Belfast, is a BRCA 1 carrier. She is married to Philip (47) and they have a daughter, Emma (8). She says, “My dad’s two sisters died at a young age from breast and ovarian cancer so I’ve been attending a family history clinic at Belfast City Hospital for...
Joanne Clarke (39) from Newry has BRCA 2 and has had a double mastectomy. She is married to Adrian (43) and they have two daughters, Anna (12) and Ellen (9). Joanne is adamant that more research into the condition is needed and urges people to help Cancer Focus NI raise cash for this important cause...
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland is calling on local people to hold a pink inspired event during October – breast cancer awareness month – to raise vital funds for pioneering research at Queen’s University Belfast. The In Pink campaign is being run in partnership with MediCare Pharmacy Group. Bre...
Mid-Ulster school children have handed more than 5,000 signatures from pupils all over Northern Ireland to Health Minister Michelle O’Neill calling for the immediate introduction of regulations to ban smoking in cars carrying children. Cancer Focus NI is at the forefront of campaigning for the ban....
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland has congratulated local MLAs and MPs who have worked at Stormont and Westminster to develop significant tobacco control legislation to help protect future generations from tobacco. Under the UK’s standardised ‘plain’ packaging of cigarettes legislation, which comes into...
