'She didn't die for nothing' - Cork widower campaigns for enhanced cancer screening

John Paul and Susan Ricken with their children Leo and Lucy. Devastated John Paul is now channeling his grief into raising awareness of bowel cancer and seeking earlier screening for the disease after his wife Susan died on November 19 of the disease.

A Cork dad has started a campaign for earlier screening for bowel cancer in both Australia and Ireland after the death of his wife four weeks after being diagnosed with the disease.

35-year-old Susan Ricken from Farranree died on November 19 in hospital in Perth, a month after being admitted to hospital with severe abdominal pain. She was diagnosed with bowel cancer and underwent surgery, and was due to undergo a round of chemotherapy. However, the cancer had spread to other parts of her body and the treatment could not go ahead.