Cancer Focus Northern Ireland

Leading local charity Cancer Focus Northern Ireland is highlighting the health risks associated with tobacco use on World No Tobacco Day, Saturday 31st May. Local man Sammy Gowdy tells his story.

Former Miss Northern Ireland Meagan Green flipped a coin and made a wish at Victoria Square fountain with the help of Cancer Focus NI’s friendly mascot, Genevieve the goat.

Leading cancer charity Cancer Focus Northern Ireland is calling for an overhaul of the current process to fund life-extending cancer medicines in Northern Ireland.

There are still places left for Cancer Focus NI's Zest for Life for cancer patients in the Omagh area starting on May 1 2014 for six weeks. This is a free personal development course for people who are on a survival and recovery period in a cancer journey

With summer well on its way, P5 children across Northern Ireland will soon be learning about how intense the sun actually is, with the help of the Cancer Focus Northern Ireland Sun Scientist project.

Almost 12,800 people in Northern Ireland are diagnosed with cancer each year and a significant number of these could be prevented through greater awareness, a new report from the All Party Group on Cancer (APGC) at Stormont reveals.

Cancer Focus NI is holding Zest for Life for cancer patients in the Portadown and Omagh areas in the near future.

Zest for Life is a six week personal development course for people who are on a survival and recovery period in their cancer journey.

Cancer Focus Northern Ireland is a major funder of new breakthrough research at Queen's University Belfast into breast and cervical cancer.

Co Down woman Bernie Mulhall found the Cancer Focus Northern Ireland art therapy service extremely valuable after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Thousands of local smokers were urged to quit the habit for good on No Smoking Day on Wednesday 12th March, but with the right help you can break the habit any time,says Cancer Focus Northern Ireland.