Category Archive: Conferences, Seminars, Public Information Sessions

Living with breast cancer conference

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The Irish Cancer Society will host its annual National Breast Cancer Conference entitled “Living with Breast Cancer” in the Croke Park Conference Centre on Saturday, September 18th, 2010 from 9.00 am. Attendance is free and… Continue reading

Public talk on gene therapy for cancer

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The new cancer treatments offered by gene therapy will be discussed in a public talk on Thursday at 6.30pm in the Lifetime Lab, UCC, Cork. Five specialists will share their knowledge of new… Continue reading

Uniting our efforts on a global stage

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I’ve been watching the LiveStrong video of the stories of those who travelled from all over the world to attend the LiveStrong Global Cancer Summit in Dublin this past week. Everyone  I met there… Continue reading

A tribute to loved ones

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At the LiveStrong Global Cancer Summit taking place this week in Dublin, there is a touching “tribute wall” where delegates can post the names of those friends and loved ones who have been… Continue reading

This is what it’s all about

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What a great day today at the pre-event registration for the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit here in Dublin. A great feeling of being part of an historic global event. I met some wonderful… Continue reading

LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit Starts

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I spent this morning at a volunteer induction session for the LIVESTRONG Global Cancer Summit which starts tomorrow at the RDS, Dublin. It  was a terrific introduction to the work of the Lance Armstrong Foundation. Their global… Continue reading

Breaking news from ASCO Annual Meeting 2009

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Living Beyond Breast Cancer have both transcript and audio recording of Breaking News from the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology with Virginia Kaklamani, MD, DSc (transcript, audio recording).… Continue reading

Free networking event

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  Join Living Beyond Breast Cancer for its free networking meeting, Fear of Recurrence: Coping with Stress and Seeking Support, on Tuesday, July 28, 2009, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the… Continue reading

Music as Medicine

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Earlier this month I attended the inaugural International Association for Music and Medicine conference in Limerick, hosted by the University of Limerick’s Irish World Academy of Music and Dance  in association with UL’s… Continue reading

Clinical trials benefit patients

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Many Irish breast cancer patients are benefiting from being able to join clinical trials that were not available in this country before, a major international conference on breast cancer in Galway has heard. Prof… Continue reading