Please support cancer research road race northcorkac.ie/ballyagran-joh… LDCRC CLL Ireland UL Hospitals BCNI CancerTrialsIreland 🌈

Only a few days left to register for this great course. So many families impacted by #HereditaryCancer syndromes need as many people as possible working in healthcare to be knowledgable on #CancerGenetics & #Genomics in order to insure timely diagnosis & correct care.

In April 2021, Sophie was diagnosed with #leukaemia at the age of seven. This #CCAM her mum, Tanya, shares her story and why childhood cancer research is so important in finding better, kinder treatments for children with cancer: bit.ly/4cK2KKd 🎗

As things currently stand, it seems to me that medical oncology is currently on course to become a fully formed two-tiered healthcare system in Ireland. A system in which those with insurance get objectively better anti-cancer treatment in private hospitals, compared to those

“In general, I would say that cancers of the immune system often know all the tricks of the immune system and are able to bypass them. With CAR-T, you level the playing field.” - Rahul Banerjee, MD, FACP on using #CARTcelltherapy to treat #multiplemyeloma. bit.ly/3XtYJ8t #MMsm

This Blood Cancer Awareness Month, we’re launching a landmark new report: Taking blood cancer out of the shadows: A plan to increase survival, that details how blood cancer survival in the UK is being overshadowed 🩸

Our new report makes for tough reading for those living with blood cancer and for our highly committed but overstretched NHS workforce. We owe it to them to do better - our plan sets out how we can do this. Read more below on how you can help

Great to listen to Sorcha Eastwood MP introduce Blood Cancer UK reception in Parliament. Humbled to talk to patients who have benefitted from new treatments & hear from task force members. This cancer is common but overlooked & survival rates are just too low in the uk

On this World Leukaemia Day, it's shocking to hear a lack of awareness is costing lives. #WLD24

"Needless lives are being lost and for those living with blood cancer there’s a real fear that they’re not getting the best care and support. The blood cancer community deserves better" #WLD24

#BeLeukemiaAware #BloodCancerAwarenessMonth #WLD24 #WCLLD24

Patients & Nurses partner to launch a new name for the cancer nurse specialist telephone triage service:SOS Hotline,🆘coupled with new National Standardised Patient Information & Alert Cards, available in 6 languages Stephen Donnelly @CNO ONMSD #SOSHotlineforCancerPatient

I said I would campaign on cancer not just for Lagan Valley, but right across the UK & Ireland- yesterday was one of the first step by launching a report from Blood Cancer UK 1 in 2 of us will get cancer across these islands & we must do all we can to help families & patients

Symptoms of blood cancer 🩸Persistent and unexplained tiredness 🩸Unexplained weight loss 🩸Unexplained bruising and/or bleeding 🩸Persistent infection 🩸Breathlessness. 🩸Drenching night sweats 🩸Lumps or swellings in the neck, head, groin or stomach 🩸Bone/joint pain

Great to see Dr Lisa Crawford's work on myeloma research being highlighted. We are so fortunate to have Lisa and her team working on such vital research!

Excited to announce that #mpnhz24 is officially underway! 🎉 Werner Zinkand and Giora Sharf gave a warm welcome to around 70 participants from across the globe. Ready for a weekend of learning, sharing, and connecting in the MPN community!

New milestone reached today. 10,000 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy patients. This significant achievement underscores the growing impact and advancement of CAR-T therapy in the treatment of haematological malignancies. ebmt.org/ebmt/news/ebmt…

⁦Mark Lawler⁩ calling out urgency of fast-tracking introduction of electronic health record and associated data sharing infrastructure to advance care and research in Ireland at ⁦Smart Health Summit 2024⁩ - ⁦All-Island Cancer Research Institute (AICRI)⁩ ⁦NCCP⁩ ⁦HSE Ireland⁩