
Aidan McCormick
@aidanmccormick6
Patient Advocate, Blood Cancer Patient. Chair NICRCF, Committee member NICTN, QUB PPI Network, Cancer Consortium. Patient Advocate AICRI. All opinions my own
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24-10-2014 21:13:58
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Mum has arrived in Belfast via Department for Infrastructure Active Travel option. She's completed 4,000 mins of walking (45 mins every single day) for 5kYWBelfastOrmeau #100YourWay. 89 & having had two cancer diagnoses, that's some achievement. Celebrating with ice cream before the finale on 29.3.25.



Thank you Housing Executive for inviting me to discuss my Lived Experience of #OvarianCancer with staff today . Raising awareness of the signs/symptoms of this disease accelerates diagnosis & enables greater survivorship. #ovariancancerawarenessmonth #WomensHealth 🩵


Proud to be marking #DaffodilDay2025 at our Spring DSSG meetings today at RCSI , with presentations from our funders, the Irish Cancer Society , daffodil pins and pops of yellow! #DaffodilDay #GoAllIn Niamh McCabe Seamus O’Reilly MD PhD Gerry Hanna Angela Clayton-Lea


Massive thanks and best wishes to Stephen Dobbs✨, Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist, on his retirement. Stephen led the way as PI of several studies Belfast Trust including UKCTOCS – the largest ever ovarian cancer screening study which recruited over 13,500 women in NI🙏🎉✨


Congratulations to our friend Ann McBrien, a 5kYWBelfastOrmeau Ambassador living with Stage 4 Breast Cancer, for completing her 100k challenge at Ormeau Park, #Belfast this morning, marking her planned 100th cancer treatment 🎉 #100YourWay

So my Daily Constitutional took a detour to 5kYWBelfastOrmeau Wore #WalkinHerName shirt for #MyJulieRIP❤️ & awareness of “sneaky” symptoms of #OvarianCancer Ovarian Cancer Action Huge celebration of achievements of Ann McBrien #100YourWay & so much more Great to meet Aidan McCormick



Chief organiser Jim Brown of Queen’s Island Victoria Male Choir presented the cheque to Dr Victoria Dunne & Prof Joe O'Sullivan who gave a short update on the work of the #ProEx Prostate Cancer Centre of Excellence and thanked everyone involved on a fantastic fundraising effort.(2/3)






200+ women are diagnosed with #ovariancancer yearly in #NorthernIreland . At diagnosis the 5yr survival rate is:- Stage 1 - 90% Stage 4 - 14%. We need an #ovariancancer public awareness campaign now to save lives🩵 Mike Nesbitt Michelle O’Neill Emma Little-Pengelly BL #CancerAwareness 🩵


✨ Prof Cherith Semple presented two projects ongoing within our group @ #IHNS2025 Conference this week 1- Suicide and head and neck cancer (Dr Jeff Hanna Kairen McCloy Angela McKeever) 🟩🔰 2- Lymphoedema and head and neck cancer (Lauren Mullan)🟦🪻 Ulster Uni Nursing and Paramedic Science💙



Despite the wet start we’d another great morning of exercise with celebration of our 3rd birthday 5kYWBelfastOrmeau MOVE AGAINST CANCER Charity



Congratulations Gerard Walls ✨on presentation of initial results in this important clinical trial in non small cell lung cancer. Best wishes to all involved in the study.