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Healthy eating for cancer prevention

The Danish government has recently begun paying compensation to women who have developed breast cancer after long spells working nights following a ruling by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an arm of the UN's World Health Organisation.

This is bowel cancer awareness week in case people are not aware.

Cancer Care West will hold public open days at its new Cancer Support Services Centre at 72 Seamus Quirke Road, Galway today (Thursday) and tomorrow (Friday) from 9am to 5pm. The events will allow the public to visit the centre and view the amenities on offer.

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Ahead of Cancer Prevention Week (May 11 to May 17), Lisa Cooney from the World Cancer Research Fund is letting people in the local area know they can make a real difference to their cancer risk by making relatively simple changes to their diet.

Hibernian Aviva Health, the first health insurer to cover the Cervical Cancer Vaccine (CCV), has launched a cervical cancer education and prevention campaign in partnership with specialist nursing provider Point of Care.

The National Cancer Screening Service has confirmed that BreastCheck - the national breast screening programme - is to provide over 2,500 women aged 50-64 living in Athlone and the surrounding areas with their free mammograms from mid-September 2009.

Two new classes are being provided at Cancer Care West’s cancer support centre at 72 Seamus Quirke Road.

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