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People affected by cancer in their lifetime face being refused products including insurance and mortgage protection cover because of their medical history, new research from the Irish Cancer Society reveals.

Galway-based researchers behind innovative projects to increase uptake for bowel screening and to make needle insertions less daunting for patients were among the big winners at the Irish Cancer Society Research Awards on Thursday.

Lung screening should be added to Ireland’s list of cancer screening programmes to help save more lives, the Irish Cancer Society has urged.

Cancer patients should be focused on just one thing – getting better, but the inpatient costs, which can rise to €800 a year, are not doing anything to help that and must be scrapped.

FROM MILKING goats to encounters with a boozy deity in Guatemala, Danny O’Brien is conceivably the only person in the world whose life under lockdown and the pandemic restrictions can be described as action-packed.

The Irish Cancer Society is urging people to take the simple steps that can keep vulnerable cancer patients safe amid concerns over the Omicron variant.

The Irish Cancer Society is in urgent need of volunteer drivers to provide transport for cancer patients to and from their hospital chemotherapy treatments.

A childhood cancer diagnosis can cause an average hit of €15,300 to annual family incomes on top of other crippling added expenses, new research from the Irish Cancer Society reveals.

TodayMyWay.ie, an online resource devoted to supporting and educating patients with metastatic breast cancer, and their friends and families, has officially launched.

In support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Penneys is launching its first collection of leisure, nightwear, underwear and accessories designed and developed for those who have experienced breast cancer and undergone breast surgery.