Doran lends voice to awareness campaign against cancer he defeated

CHRIS DORAN, who realised his dream of representing Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest earlier this year, is helping to raise awareness about one of the world’s fastest growing cancer - non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

“I know that some day the disease might come back but I will be ready to fight it again,” said Chris when he helped launch Worldwide Lymphoma Awareness Day in Dublin yesterday.

Chris, who will celebrate his 25th birthday next month, is a fourth dan black belt and teacher of kick boxing. And it was probably his love of sport that helped save his life. When the Waterford singer was just 12 years of age, he developed a painless lump behind his nose and suffered from extreme tiredness.