Cancer Focus NI – celebrating its 50th year – marks half a century of helping people affected by cancer in Northern Ireland. To help highlight this special anniversary, cancer survivor Stephanie McKervill (31) spells out how much Cancer Focus NI has done for her. She is a member of the Cancer...
Breast cancer survivor Emily Stanton, mum to Liam (13) and Rhys (9) “I was diagnosed with breast cancer in May 2015. Then I found out I was HER-2 positive, a generally more aggressive type of breast cancer which put me in a higher risk category. Thankfully the cancer was caught early and hadn’t spr...
The urgent need to introduce the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine for local boys was highlighted today (Wed 7th Nov) at the annual Cancer Focus Northern Ireland Men’s Health Conference. Unless an implementation plan for the vaccine’s roll out is made available soon there is a danger that boys in...
Cancer Focus Northern Ireland has warmly welcomed the Department of Health’s decision to grant NI cancer patients the same access to life extending drugs as patients living in the rest of the UK following its four year Equal Access campaign. In 2014 Cancer Focus NI spearheaded the Equal Access campa...
Breast cancer survivor Betty McKee has taken on a brand new voluntary role giving vital support to local women. Betty, a retired psychiatric nurse from Downpatrick, has volunteered to become a specialist bra and swimwear fitter for women who have gone through breast cancer surgery. The free bra-fitt...
