The Irish Cancer Prevention Network will host our annual public webinar on Tuesday 4th February 2025 for World Cancer Day, save the date! The webinar will feature expert speakers presenting on healthy eating skin protection: melanotan, alcohol, vaping and tobacco products and their relationship to cancer risk. Click here to register
Category: Issue 1 October 2023
The Irish Cancer Prevention Network is hosting a free webinar for World Cancer Day 2024. World Cancer Day is an international health awareness day held each year. The day aims to empower individuals and populations to take action to reduce their cancer risk. The lunchtime webinar will feature experts presenting on how we can reduce […]
The Irish Cancer Prevention Network (ICPN) collaborate on awareness raising activity in relation to cancer risk reduction targeting health and social care professionals. This year the ICPN held the first in person event for health and social care professionals on Wednesday 4th October. The event offered a unique opportunity for health and social care professionals […]
October is Liver Cancer Awareness Month. Raising public awareness is vital in improving outcomes for patients with primary liver cancer. Prevention and early detection through immunisation, surveillance programmes, education and health promotion are key in the battle against this disease. The National Cancer Registry of Ireland reported 344 new cases of liver cancer and 398 […]
With European Alcohol Awareness Week coming up in November the ICPN are raising awareness of steps you can take to reduce cancer risk. Alcohol is one of the leading risk factors for cancer in Ireland. Drinking alcohol causes 7 types of cancer, including mouth, throat, larynx, oesophagus, breast, stomach and bowel cancer (1)(2). When alcohol […]
Listen to Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Dr Triona McCarthy at the HSE’s National Cancer Control Programme discuss steps you can take to reduce your risk of cancer, and the healthy lifestyle choices you can make to help. Triona also explains that not all cancers can be prevented; each individual’s risk of getting cancer is […]
CervicalCheck is offering women who just missed out on HPV cervical screening when it launched in March 2020, an opportunity to book one free HPV test. CervicalCheck is writing to around 80,000 women to invite them to invite them to book their free HPV cervical screening test. Up to March 2020, cervical screening was offered […]