Person: Jane Curtin

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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Breakthrough in cervical cancer detection

RESEARCHERS believe they have found a way to identify women at risk of developing the worst form of cervical cancer, an illness which kills almost 100 Irish women every year.

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Anti-smoking drive to go after ‘stupid teens’

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Campaigners hope to discourage young smokers

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Teacher hopes to warn others after misdiagnosis at 27

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1,500 practitioners join free smear test network

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Cancer society calls for sunbed consent forms

Irish cancer survival lowest in Europe

CANCER campaigners have criticised Government inaction after a major new study showed Ireland has some of the lowest survival rates from the disease in Europe.

Wed, 22 Aug, 2007

Breast cancer rates set to double by 2020

THE number of women diagnosed with breast cancer is set to double over the next 13 years with 4,700 new cases annually by 2020, experts said yesterday.

Sat, 17 Feb, 2007