Breast cancer
‘When the treatment stops, you’re lost’ - Co Down woman on navigating life after cancer
As part of a series on cancer care in Northern Ireland, families and experts have spoken to the Irish News about life before and after a diagnosis.
Cancer showed me who ‘my true friends are’ – Amy Dowden highlights pain of friendship shifts during cancer
As the Strictly dancer touches on the emotional challenges of breast cancer, a psychologist sheds light on this common experience. By Abi Jackson.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: How to talk to children about a parent’s diagnosis
Lisa Salmon asks cancer support experts how to approach this tricky topic.
Cancer waiting times in Northern Ireland at ‘crisis level’ warns charity
Cancer Focus NI says wait times for those diagnosed with breast cancer are ‘among the worst on record’
Regional waiting list breast cancer assessment signals health reform “reboot”
Imminent launch of a public consultation on “hospital reconfiguration” under Professor Rafael Bengoa to 'reboot health reform'
Amy Dowden says she is getting used to new normal on Strictly return
Dowden found a cancerous lump the day before her honeymoon in 2023 with her husband, the professional dancer Ben Jones.
TV plantswoman Carol Klein on how her garden helped her through breast cancer
She was back in her garden soon after surgery.
Strictly’s Amy Dowden: ‘Cancer has changed me as a person’
As her remarkable memoir Dancing In The Rain is published, Amy Dowden talks to Abi Jackson about what’s got her through some ‘very dark’ times.
NHS aims to get five million who miss cancer checks to come for screening
Peers heard that three in 10 do not attend cancer screenings in England, as women over 70 told to ask for yearly breast cancer checks.