# Breast Cancer
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This year
2024
mastectomy bras
Donnelly asks HSE to undo cuts to allowances as breast cancer survivors voice anger on Liveline
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21 Feb
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THE MORNING LEAD
'Concerning' delays for mammograms as Dublin hospitals struggle to recruit staff
Beaumont Hospital is considering outsourcing some appointments to deal with the backlog, one patient was told.
Patients are concerned it is taking months to get an appointment for certain scans, potentially delaying a cancer diagnosis
Extra consultants are due to start working in the coming months, but staffing levels remain an issue
"It is unacceptable that a person should wait too long before getting access to a vital diagnostic appointment," the CEO of the Irish Cancer Society said
Órla Ryan
2 Feb
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Last year
2023
Sabina Higgins
Sabina Higgins thanks public for support following breast cancer treatment
7 Dec 2023
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Judithe Allen
'When you come out of hospital, you can’t even lift a bag of sugar for four or five weeks'
20 Sep 2023
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breastcheck
Family receive apology from National Screening Service after mammogram errors miss cancer
22 Mar 2023
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All time
breastcheck
'Essential' that Government supports BreastCheck after appointments delayed by up to a year
6 Feb 2022
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RIP
Tributes paid to Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding as 'shining star' dies aged 39
Updated
5 Sep 2021
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Treatment
Existing drug could treat ‘aggressive’ triple-negative breast cancer – study
28 Jan 2021
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Cervical Cancer
Cervical screening to resume next month - breast and bowel cancer screening to restart in September
24 Jun 2020
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hse figures
Just 937 CervicalCheck tests and no BreastCheck exams were carried out in April
18 Jun 2020
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Voices
'This week I had to receive the results of my latest scan on my own'
Holly Kennedy
27 Apr 2020
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Voices
Opinion: Examined in the toilet, protesting in a chair for a bed - my battle for comfort in hospital
Anonymous
29 Jan 2020
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Cancer Research
Artificial intelligence beats doctors in breast cancer diagnosis
2 Jan 2020
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cancer treatment
Irish research on type of breast cancer may have found new treatment approach
3 Oct 2019
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The Lancet
Menopausal hormone therapies linked to increase in breast cancer risk - study
30 Aug 2019
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Alive alive oh!
A lump was placed on Molly Malone's breast to see if anyone would notice
26 Oct 2018
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Breast Cancer
Here's how to check your breasts for lumps, because October should be about more than just pink things
9 Oct 2018
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false claims
Leaflets making false link between abortion and cancer on offer at World Meeting of Families
23 Aug 2018
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Study
Irish scientists discover new treatment to help prevent relapse of aggressive form of breast cancer
15 Aug 2018
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immunotherapy
Woman's breast cancer eradicated after therapy harnesses the power of her immune system
5 Jun 2018
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FACTCHECK
FactCheck: Does abortion increase the risk of a woman developing breast cancer?
4 May 2018
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Scandal
English breast screening scandal: Up to 270 women may have had lives shortened over IT error
2 May 2018
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happy magazine
'I felt really alone': 33-year-old wants to help young cancer patients with online magazine
7 Apr 2018
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RIP
'I'm heartbroken': Irish author Emma Hannigan laid to rest following 11-year battle with cancer
7 Mar 2018
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Emma Hannigan
Writers join together to push Irish author's new book to top spot after terminal diagnosis
20 Feb 2018
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Research
Women who work nights have a strikingly increased risk of getting cancer
13 Jan 2018
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ageing population
'We are facing into a cancer epidemic': More people are surviving, but diagnoses continue to rise
7 Nov 2017
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Breast Cancer
'Every night I was so glad it was me. Thank god it was me and not them'
23 Sep 2017
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Dragon Boating
'When I was sick with cancer I had no energy or enthusiasm. Then I heard about dragon boating'
2 Sep 2017
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major step forward
Breast cancer patients may be spared debilitating side effects 'by only using radiation on tumour'
3 Aug 2017
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Waiting Lists
143 women in Donegal are waiting over a year for a breast clinic appointment
4 Jul 2017
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bras and prostheses
Harris postpones plan to ration supports for women with breast cancer
1 Jul 2017
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alcohol and cancer
Over 350,000 people died from alcohol-related cancer in just one year
31 Dec 2016
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Voices
'It's not cancer, is it?' Jo Malone on the health scare that changed her life
Jo Malone
28 Dec 2016
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early access
Call for Irish breast cancer patients to take part in new drug trial
20 Dec 2016
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