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# Breast Cancer

This year
2023
# breastcheck
Family receive apology from National Screening Service after mammogram errors miss cancer
Kay O’ Keeffe passed away in 2017 after a three-year long battle with cancer, but her cancer was already incurable by the time of her diagnosis.
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Mar 22nd 2023, 7:37 PM
Last year
2022
# cancer risk
Happy Pear twins apologise after criticism of breast cancer video
The Irish Cancer Society said the majority of cancers occur for reasons “out of anyone’s control”.
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Apr 25th 2022, 4:40 PM
# breastcheck
'Essential' that Government supports BreastCheck after appointments delayed by up to a year
The service said it will be more in line with England during this time, which screens women every three years.
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Feb 6th 2022, 6:30 AM
All time
# RIP
Tributes paid to Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding as 'shining star' dies aged 39
The singer had breast cancer.
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Sep 5th 2021, 5:40 PM
# Treatment
Existing drug could treat ‘aggressive’ triple-negative breast cancer – study
The already approved drug could be used to treat more aggressive forms of breast cancer that don’t always respond to traditional chemotherapy.
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Jan 28th 2021, 7:20 AM
# Cervical Cancer
Cervical screening to resume next month - breast and bowel cancer screening to restart in September
Priority groups will receive letters from 6 July.
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Jun 24th 2020, 5:17 PM
# hse figures
Just 937 CervicalCheck tests and no BreastCheck exams were carried out in April
Cancer screening services will begin to return at the end of the month – but there is huge gap in referrals in the past 3 months.
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Jun 18th 2020, 6:10 AM
Voices
'This week I had to receive the results of my latest scan on my own'
Holly Kennedy is doing her best to handle her treatment for breast cancer, while all around her has changed.
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Apr 27th 2020, 6:53 AM
Voices
Opinion: Examined in the toilet, protesting in a chair for a bed - my battle for comfort in hospital
Jess was given a makeshift bed behind a doorway when battling infection following a mastectomy.
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Jan 29th 2020, 7:00 AM
# Cancer Research
Artificial intelligence beats doctors in breast cancer diagnosis
A new study has found that an AI system can better identify cancer in mammograms.
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Jan 2nd 2020, 8:55 AM
# cancer treatment
Irish research on type of breast cancer may have found new treatment approach
One in eight breast cancer patients have a particular form that is difficult to treat.
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Oct 3rd 2019, 10:15 PM
# The Lancet
Menopausal hormone therapies linked to increase in breast cancer risk - study
The new study is the first to show that the risk of breast cancer remains elevated 10 years after treatment has stopped.
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Aug 30th 2019, 7:21 AM
# Alive alive oh!
A lump was placed on Molly Malone's breast to see if anyone would notice
The stunt was part of a new campaign, Take Notice, for Breast Cancer Awareness month.
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Oct 26th 2018, 11:25 AM
# Breast Cancer
Here's how to check your breasts for lumps, because October should be about more than just pink things
Give ‘em a squeeze.
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Oct 9th 2018, 8:00 AM
# false claims
Leaflets making false link between abortion and cancer on offer at World Meeting of Families
The best-available medical evidence consistently refutes the claims made in the leaflet.
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Aug 23rd 2018, 3:31 PM
# Study
Irish scientists discover new treatment to help prevent relapse of aggressive form of breast cancer
The groundbreaking research was conducted by scientists at the Apoptosis Research Centre in NUIG.
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Aug 15th 2018, 10:00 AM
# immunotherapy
Woman's breast cancer eradicated after therapy harnesses the power of her immune system
The method has already been shown to work with a range of cancers including leukaemia and melanoma.
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Jun 5th 2018, 8:43 AM
# factcheck
FactCheck: Does abortion increase the risk of a woman developing breast cancer?
A paid-for advertisement on Facebook is surfacing on Irish user pages, claiming this is the case. We examine the evidence.
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May 4th 2018, 6:20 PM
# Scandal
English breast screening scandal: Up to 270 women may have had lives shortened over IT error
Health Minister Jeremy Hunt said that an independent inquiry is due to take place into the issue.
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May 2nd 2018, 1:29 PM
# happy magazine
'I felt really alone': 33-year-old wants to help young cancer patients with online magazine
Happy Magazine aims to share something useful, helpful or positive about the Irish cancer journey every day.
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Apr 7th 2018, 9:15 AM
# RIP
'I'm heartbroken': Irish author Emma Hannigan laid to rest following 11-year battle with cancer
Emma Hannigan passed away last Saturday.
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Mar 7th 2018, 4:48 PM
# Emma Hannigan
Writers join together to push Irish author's new book to top spot after terminal diagnosis
Bestselling author Emma Hannigan announced on Friday that her breast cancer is now terminal.
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Feb 20th 2018, 6:05 AM
# Stem Cells
NUIG scientists develop new method of fighting breast cancer
Breast cancer patients whose cancer has spread still face relatively poor outcomes.
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Feb 10th 2018, 6:04 PM
# Research
Women who work nights have a strikingly increased risk of getting cancer
Overall long-term night shift work increased the risk of cancer by 19%.
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Jan 13th 2018, 7:45 AM
# ageing population
'We are facing into a cancer epidemic': More people are surviving, but diagnoses continue to rise
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both women and men.
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Nov 7th 2017, 6:30 AM
# Cancer
Veep and Seinfeld star Julia Louis-Dreyfus says she has breast cancer
Hundreds of messages from well-wishers quickly poured in on Twitter.
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Sep 28th 2017, 9:25 PM
# Breast Cancer
'Every night I was so glad it was me. Thank god it was me and not them'
Mother-of-three Ger felt a lump that turned out to be breast cancer. With her family’s support, she managed to come out the other side.
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Sep 23rd 2017, 6:30 AM
# Dragon Boating
'When I was sick with cancer I had no energy or enthusiasm. Then I heard about dragon boating'
The Plurabelle Paddlers, a team for those who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, competes all over the world.
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Sep 2nd 2017, 9:00 PM
# major step forward
Breast cancer patients may be spared debilitating side effects 'by only using radiation on tumour'
Current best practice sees women given full breast radiotherapy in most cases.
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Aug 3rd 2017, 12:30 PM
# Waiting Lists
143 women in Donegal are waiting over a year for a breast clinic appointment
Nearly 250 women who displayed symptoms of possible breast cancer have been waiting between six and 12 months.
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Jul 4th 2017, 8:00 PM
# bras and prostheses
Harris postpones plan to ration supports for women with breast cancer
“I want to ensure that they are not subjected to additional stress and worry about losing services.”
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Jul 1st 2017, 1:34 PM
# highly accurate
German Shepherds can detect breast cancer by sniffing bandages
A pair of dogs are now 100% accurate in their new role as breast cancer spotters, according to researchers.
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Apr 1st 2017, 8:00 AM
# alcohol and cancer
Over 350,000 people died from alcohol-related cancer in just one year
More than 25% of all alcohol-attributable cancer cases related to breast cancer, a new study found.
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Dec 31st 2016, 7:00 AM
Voices
'It's not cancer, is it?' Jo Malone on the health scare that changed her life
In an extract from her autobiography, business woman Jo Malone writes about being told she had breast cancer.
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Dec 28th 2016, 10:00 PM
# early access
Call for Irish breast cancer patients to take part in new drug trial
The 50 Irish patients will join almost 5,000 taking part worldwide on the trial.
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Dec 20th 2016, 8:46 AM
# Breast Cancer
Shannen Doherty accepts award for 'every single cancer patient out there'
Her friend and fellow actor Sarah Michelle Gellar presented her with a Courage Award.
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Nov 7th 2016, 9:45 AM
# Breakthrough
Irish researchers discover potential new way to treat one of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer
If the new drug – APR-246 – is found to be effective at clinical trials it will have the potential to save lives.
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Oct 31st 2016, 1:42 PM
# Busted
Charity criticises Facebook after it deemed a breast cancer awareness video "offensive"
Communications director Lena Biornstad said she found the decision “incomprehensible”.
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Oct 20th 2016, 7:52 PM
# Abortion
'You can't handle the truth': Director of crisis pregnancy clinic stands by controversial claims
Patrick Jameson repeated claims about abortion causing breast cancer.
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Sep 8th 2016, 7:56 PM
# Utah
"Had she not been diagnosed, I don't think I would have caught mine."
The sisters fighting cancer together.
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May 31st 2016, 10:09 AM
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