Stigma is still an issue for State's biggest cancer killer

More than 2,500 people in Ireland will be diagnosed with lung cancer this year with a five-year net survival rate of only 25%

Breakthrough Cancer Research CEO Orla Dolan, lung cancer survivor Samantha Vaughan, minister for health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, and lung cancer survivor Gillian Ryan launch Ireland’s first White Ribbon for lung cancer at Leinster House, a powerful new symbol of hope and awareness. Picture: Maxwells

As CEO of Breakthrough Cancer Research, I have the privilege of meeting people living with cancer and their families. 

They share their hopes, their worries, their plans for birthdays and Christmases, and the ordinary days they want to get back to.