How Ireland performs within the EU in the screening, prevention and treatment of cancer
Our cancer mortality rates are still 5.4 per cent higher than the EU average but have improved significantly in recent years
Cancer
‘I kick myself about not going to a doctor’: the dangers of ignoring bowel cancer symptoms
Bowel cancer
Commercial sunbeds should be banned in Ireland, Government working group recommends
Skin type of Irish population is ‘particularly vulnerable to burns and are at greatest risk of skin cancer from UV radiation’, working group says
Married at First Sight relationship coach Mel Schilling dies aged 54
Schilling said earlier this month her cancer had spread, including to her brain
Cancer patient awarded €20,000 at WRC over cut to hours by marina operator
Employee says company no longer wanted her as the ‘face’ of the firm as tumour treatment affected her appearance
‘I’m very lucky’: How a delayed hospital appointment turned out to be good fortune
Irish Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day fundraising aims to raise more than €6m
‘A Daffodil angel, as I called her, walked into a house full of very sad people’
Almost 9,800 deaths every year in Ireland are as a consequence of cancer
Irish cancer patients missing out on life-saving trials due to funding disparity
Oireachtas committee told medical research should be valued rather than viewed as an ‘add-on’
Deeply moving account of a cancer diagnosis
I have seldom read such a searingly honest appraisal of a situation faced by many people
I have accepted that I will die. Sooner, rather than later
In A&E two days after I posed for this photo in January, I was told: ‘We’ve found cancer’
Mel Schilling: Married at First Sight expert shares terminal cancer diagnosis update with fans
Schilling was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2023 and has undergone treatment for the last two years
‘Potential to be transformative’: Hiqa to look at including breast density in screening
Dense tissue has more cells that can become cancerous and it can make scans difficult to read
Hot young celebrities are smoking and I’ve got mortifying middle-aged envy
In recent months I’ve been feeling the devil call of the cigs more keenly than any other time in the past nine years
We have a blood test to detect prostate cancer, so why the reluctance to screen?
Dr Muiris Houston: The PSA test isn’t nearly as reliable as the tests used for breast and cervical cancer screening programmes
Mission improbable: Dubliner’s spyware innovation helps save California’s nut farmers
Prof Eamonn Keogh’s movie-inspired sensor can help identify major nut pest through its wing beats
Alcohol: How it impacts the body while you’re drinking and over time
Drinking alcohol can have profound effects on the brain and body, both while you’re drinking and over time
Almost 100 people die every week in Ireland of tobacco-related illnesses, say doctors
Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death in Ireland, according to a report by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Cancer diagnosis: ‘This is not good news, you need to be admitted right away’
HPV vaccine is not a silver bullet when it comes to this dreaded disease, but it improves the odds of survival
‘He said: Next time you come we’ll be telling you you have breast cancer. Bring someone with you’
For Fianna Fáil senator Teresa Costello, early diagnosis of her breast cancer may have been ‘the difference between life and death’
‘Life was busy and full, then everything stopped,’ says mum-of-four diagnosed with cancer
Clinical progress made over the past few years marks hopeful development
Róisín Ingle: The day before the scan results, I remember I have cancer
‘I will just keep on living and occasionally wondering. Grateful to be here. Conscious that it could be different’
‘Why did my GP not think my symptoms might be cancerous?’
Fear of causing inconvenience can mean the non-diagnosis of medical issues
Can exercise give cancer survivors a better quality of life and avoid a recurrence?
Increasing attention is being paid to how exercise can help post-treatment cancer survivors
‘In Ireland, we grew up not talking about sexual pleasure, about your vagina, your vulva, your testicles’
The Fabulous Pharmacist Laura Dowling is on a mission to open up the conversation about women’s bodies
Minister intervenes in Spanish cancer patient’s European case amid concerns over impact on Irish medical negligence cases
Involvement comes due to concern court judgment could cause an increase in Irish medical negligence cases
Breast cancer advocate Ziva Cussen (24) remembered at funeral three years after diagnosis
‘Amazing work she carried out will continue to help and support people,’ service hears
St James’s Hospital apologises over unauthorised €4.7m payment for services
Chief executive Mary Day says failure to use public tender process was ‘driven by urgent patient needs’ in cancer and cardiology’
Initial breathlessness turned out to be incurable cancer: ‘My initial reaction was shock’
When Ilana Hastings first noticed symptoms in July 2024, she thought her breathlessness might be a sign of Long Covid
Lung cancer pilot programme identifies some patients before symptoms appear
Irish Cancer Society-funded pilot programme pinpoints patients early
International organisations raised concern over alcohol health warning label delay
Contact made with Government over deferral of labels for two years due to trade uncertainty caused by US tarrifs
Megadeth: Behind the Mask review – Dave Mustaine thrashes it out about cancer, Cliff Burton and Metallica
One of the frankest frontmen in metal is in contemplative if occasionally irascible mood
Cancer patient received chemo only after presenting at emergency in ‘significant pain’
Sinn Féin leader highlights disparity in chemotherapy waiting times, with patients in some regions waiting up to eight weeks
Scott Adams, Dilbert comic strip creator and conservative commentator, dies aged 68
Cartoonist revealed in May last year that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer
Number of ‘urgent’ colonoscopy referrals not seen on time almost triples
Health service has 28-day target for patients to be seen for urgent examination of bowel
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