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# Lung Cancer

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26th November 2023 - 2nd December 2023
How seeking treatment for cold fingers led to a lung cancer diagnosis for one Dublin woman
The Marie Keating Foundation is calling on the Government to support the development of a lung cancer screening programme.
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Opinion: Lung cancer screening must be introduced to address health inequalities
Rachel Morrogh says Ireland must keep pace with other countries and examines how lung screening can be introduced here.
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Jan 30th 2022, 7:30 AM
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Three-quarters of people want legal age to buy tobacco raised to 21, poll shows
A total of 73% of the people surveyed are in favour of raising the age for the sale of cigarettes from 18 to 21
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Nov 16th 2021, 12:54 PM
Opinion: Radon kills thousands in Ireland but the gas is completely preventable
EcoEye producer Marcus Stewart explains how some straightforward policy moves can bring deaths from the radioactive gas under control.
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May 15th 2021, 6:30 PM
'A kind heart': Former Emmerdale actress Leah Bracknell dies three years after cancer diagnosis
Bracknell’s cancer diagnosis came to light in October 2016.
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Oct 16th 2019, 6:59 PM
Children born today will die 20 months sooner than expected because of air pollution
The new research shows that air pollution now rivals smoking as a fact in life expectancy reduction.
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Apr 3rd 2019, 9:01 AM
Opinion: We need to remove the stigma around lung cancer - no one should be blamed for getting it
Smoking is one of the primary causes of lung cancer and some patients feel they are being blamed for having cancer, writes Dr Anne-Marie Baird.
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Feb 4th 2019, 6:00 PM
'All of a sudden she has a mass on her left lung': Former NFL player Chris Draft on losing his wife to lung cancer
He was speaking as part of the Irish Cancer Society’s Lung Cancer Awareness Campaign.
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Jan 27th 2019, 6:30 PM
'This doesn't need to continue': Concerns over 'worrying' rise in lung cancer diagnoses made in A&E
Recent data revealed that one in four lung cancer diagnoses are made in emergency departments.
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Jan 15th 2019, 8:00 AM
'We can live normal lives': Life extending drug now available to hundreds of lung cancer patients
About 2,500 Irish people are diagnosed with lung cancer every year.
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Sep 5th 2018, 6:10 AM
People living in areas of high radon exposure at higher risk of lung cancer
The ESRI has linked cancer figures with geographical data on radon gas.
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Feb 8th 2018, 9:24 AM
'I'm aware that she's not there. It's just the habit of after games I have to ring my Mam'
Eight-time All-Ireland winner Gemma O’Connor speaks to The42 about the loss of her mother and her All-Ireland winning 2017 with Cork camogie.
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Dec 25th 2017, 3:00 PM
'We are facing into a cancer epidemic': More people are surviving, but diagnoses continue to rise
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both women and men.
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Nov 7th 2017, 6:30 AM
'I was a firefighter at the time so I had an idea of what the body was doing to me. It was telling me to cop on'
64-year-old Rory Mooney has had to face cancer twice. Like many men, he was reluctant to get his symptoms checked.
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Jun 12th 2017, 12:09 PM
Warning to locals as high rates of cancer-causing radioactive gas discovered in Galway
Up to 250 radon-related lung cancer cases are diagnosed in Ireland each year.
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Feb 28th 2017, 1:45 PM
Netherlands-France match halted for Cruyff tribute
The Dutch legend died on Thursday from lung cancer at the age of 68.
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Mar 25th 2016, 8:44 PM
Woman receives payout of €60,000 from HSE over husband's death
The case was for medical negligence and a breach of duty of care.
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Mar 11th 2016, 7:37 PM
Good news as cancer rates among Irish men start to plateau
There is concern, however, about lung cancer rates among women as they continue to rise.
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Dec 14th 2015, 6:00 AM
Who said that? Don't be shocked by coughing and talking bus shelters
It’s part of a campaign to raise awareness of the key signs of lung cancer.
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May 20th 2015, 2:17 PM
Why are tobacco companies opposing this so vigorously? They're afraid.
Multinational tobacco companies don’t want to see Ireland introduce plain packaging because they know it works, writes Minister James Reilly.
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Feb 20th 2015, 2:20 PM
'I miss that bit of lung they took away - not badly, mind you'
Frank Cox got lung cancer at the same age his dad died from it.
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Jan 18th 2015, 10:15 AM
New treatment could drop recurrence by half for some lung cancer sufferers
A new radiation treatment could lengthen the lives of those suffering from small-cell lung cancer.
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Sep 15th 2014, 7:15 AM
Lung cancer is being diagnosed faster, but remains Ireland's most fatal cancer
The disease accounts for about 20 per cent of cancer deaths in Ireland.
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May 12th 2014, 6:38 PM
Gerry Collins, who appeared in hard-hitting anti-smoking ads, has died
The 57-year-old father-of-three was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer last year.
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Mar 3rd 2014, 12:30 PM
Comedian shares funny and heartbreaking tweets from dying father's bedside
Laurie Kilmartin’s father is dying from lung cancer.
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Feb 27th 2014, 6:00 PM
Column: We owe it to the next generation to fight tobacco with everything we've got
How can we protect our young people from the tactics of the tobacco industry? The answer is simple: plain packaging, writes Kathleen O’Meara.
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Feb 13th 2014, 7:00 AM
This woman had to give up her job, swimming and going to the salon...because of smoking
Paula Newman and two other smokers with lung cancer, heart problems and COPD urge kids to not smoke in three short video messages.
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Jan 23rd 2014, 9:30 PM
Simple blood test can diagnose lung and other cancers
Compounds that appear to be new screening markers were identified in the US study.
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Oct 16th 2013, 6:15 AM
Column: Cancer is a subject still cloaked in darkness – we're trying to lighten the conversation
Talking about cancer is never fun, but we’re trying to make it easier. The Irish Cancer Society’s upcoming Colour Dash will try to bring some colour and vibrancy to the cancer cause, writes helpline nurse Naomi Fitzgibbon.
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Jul 22nd 2013, 12:58 PM
Even low levels of air pollution can lead to lung cancer, major new study shows
Researchers found that there was “no threshold below which there was no risk” in a major study of 300,000 people.
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Jul 10th 2013, 6:45 AM
Smokers' group slams introduction of graphic health warnings
Forest Eirean said smokers already know the health risks and the warnings are “unnecessarily intrusive” and “gratuitously offensive”.
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Jan 30th 2013, 1:35 PM
Irish study reveals role of genetic mutations in lung cancer treatment
The research will give a better understanding of how patients respond to a combination of treatments and will hopefully make lung cancer controllable in the future.
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Jan 23rd 2013, 11:25 AM
Pilot study says dogs can sniff out lung cancer
The results of the study were so encouraging that a two year study, ten times larger will now take place.
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Dec 5th 2012, 3:38 PM
Kerry farmer raises over €20,000 for cancer research grants
Kevin Curran raised the money by driving his vintage tractor Betsy across America’s Route 66 in memory of his wife.
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Nov 28th 2012, 6:45 AM
US court upholds block on graphic cigarette warnings
The government can’t force tobacco companies to put graphic warnings on cigarette packets.
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Aug 24th 2012, 8:29 PM
World Health Organisation: diesel fumes cause cancer
The World Health Organisation has said that diesel exhaust fumes are more carcinogenic than second-hand smoke
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Jun 13th 2012, 8:43 AM
Tobacco has killed 50 million people in the past decade - report
Tobacco-related illnesses will cause the deaths of one billion people in the next century if trends continue, the Tobacco Atlas has revealed.
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Mar 23rd 2012, 8:14 AM
Irish scientists make ‘important discovery’ on lung cancer
The findings could lead to new treatments for the potentially deadly condition, according to researchers.
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Jan 24th 2012, 7:15 AM
Graphic photographs to be placed on cigarette packets
Minister for Health James Reilly has said that he hopes the images, which show the negative health impacts associated with smoking, will ‘shock’ people into thinking about the impact of smoking.
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Dec 21st 2011, 5:00 PM
Ireland's breast cancer mortality among highest in OECD
A new OECD report on worldwide health standards shows that Ireland has the third-highest mortality rate of 34 developed countries.
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Nov 29th 2011, 3:24 PM
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