#IrishLungCancerCommunity

The vision of the @LungCommunity is that all people with lung cancer in Ireland will have the best chance of survival and live life as well as possible

This week on #HSETalkingHealthAndWellbeing, Fergal Fox is joined by Dr Mary O’Mahony to discuss radon, the leading source of radiation exposure in Ireland, its link to lung cancer and the importance of testing homes.

👏🏻👏🏻 @CCampbell162 & Pauline for your relentless advocacy in raising awareness of ovarian cancer & its signs & symptoms. Earlier detection improves outcomes!

Talking to children of any age about any cancer diagnosis can be one of the most challenging things that someone will have to do. Register with the ILCC below to hear from @staceydev1 about how to talk to children about cancer.

We were proud to see Martin Sweeney present PRO-ACT at #EAU26 earlier this week. A patient-led prostate cancer research project grounded in the lived experience of patients and partners, with real potential to inform future practice. Congrats to Martin, Jacqueline Daly & Paul Kelly. Thank you to all patients & partners who shared their voices. #PPI #PPIE #PatientVoice #ProstateCancer

Join me on Monday 23rd at 8pm as I host Stacey Devanney for the third webinar in the @LungCommunity series. Stacey will be discussing how to talk to children about cancer ❤️ Link to register 👉 eventbrite.ie/e/talking-to-c…

#journorequests - anyone celebrating their first or 20th anniversary this year? If so, do get in touch asap if interested in taking part in a newspaper piece. #anniversary #married

Early phase 1 results for HS-20093, a B7-H3-targeted ADC, add to a growing sense that Small Cell #LungCancer may finally be starting to move. In ARTEMIS-001, responses were seen in 52.3% of evaluable people with relapsed extensive-stage SCLC. SCLC cannot keep being overlooked in research, access and policy across Europe. #LCSM cell.com/cancer-cell/fu…

"I just sat there & I cried for a minute. But then I had to go home and tell my husband I had stage 4 lung cancer." At 33, Wyatt was diagnosed w Stage 4 lung cancer. He joins us to share his journey through 8 lines of treatment Episode 1: youtu.be/5Ura3M1b1HM?si…

Calling all patients/caregivers! Do you have experience with the drug Tarlatamab for the treatment of Small-Cell Lung Cancer? We would love to hear from you for an upcoming submission to the Canada Drug Agency If you're interested, please email winky@lungcancercanada.ca

Dip or donate to support cancer. The #PaddysDayDip is a fun, feel‑good fundraising challenge where you take a dip — in the sea, a lake, pool (paddling counts 😊) — on or around St Patrick’s Day in aid of the Marie Keating Foundation. ☘️ Learn more. fundraise.mariekeating.ie/event/dip26 #PDD26

This short article, in a few paragraphs, describes fully all of the challenges the HSE is faced with, that voluntary hospitals are not as much bound by. I know FOR SURE, that across the West NorthWest Hospital group, there are not enough Dayward chairs or specialised nurses to enable systemic cancer treatments to be delivered on time. The available capacity is insufficient to meet the demand, within a timeframe that the HSE itself sets as a standard. Internally, when you point out a clear resource/capacity deficit, the typical response, ultimately, if you persist long enough and find the right person to talk to, is this: "I agree that this is a reasonable problem, but I have no available resources to address this problem at this time". The result is corrosive. It is the nurses and doctors who have to apologise to patients, all day, every day, for capacity deficits that are out of their control. HSE’s ongoing review of clinical director role ‘timely’ – IHCA CEO - Medical Independent medicalindependent.ie/in-the-news/hs…

On a similar note, the position of Clinical Director of the National Cancer Control Programme is currently advertised: about.hse.ie/jobs/job-searc… Closing date is 8th April 2026 The job: fix cancer services in public hospitals. The budget: zero euros Reporting to the HSE that there are no capacity deficits in cancer, and telling nurses and doctors that deliver cancer care to work harder to fix the capacity deficits is desired, but not essential. In post training will be provided. Probably.

Warm congrats to Abhishek Tomar for presenting at the IACR Symposium on 'Metabolic Reprogramming enhances Stem-Like & Functional Properties of Cancer-Derived Tumour-Infiltrating Lymphocytes' Abhishek also earned an IACR Travel Award for his outstanding work.

Great to see the launch of HPV Network Ireland on #HPV Awareness day 👏 HPV is common in both men & women and can cause 6 types of cancer, so it's important to be aware and to take action - get the #HPV vaccine if eligible - prevention is a true gift. #HPV #CancerRiskFactors

The STARS (Supportive Training for Advocates on Research & Science) programme is open for applications until March 12th. There are two programmes open: (i) PRA (Patient Research Advocate) and (ii) Scholar. Find out more 👉iaslc-stars.org/stars-program #lcsm @IASLC

Well done to Dr @BairdAM from Creeslough who has been honoured at the recent @IrishCancerSoc Research Awards for her involvement in the steering committee of the Lung Health Check pilot tinyurl.com/mynzwa5

Huge thanks to @Sarah_Barrett_1 for the amazing webinar this evening 👏👏👏 @tcddublin @CancerInstIRE Recording will be posted on @LungCommunity channels in the coming days

Join me this evening at 8pm as I host @Sarah_Barrett_1 for the second webinar in the @LungCommunity series. Sarah will be talking about all things radiation therapy. Link to join 👉 zoom.us/j/94551919660?…

@Sarah_Barrett_1 @LungCommunity @BairdAM @gerryhanna Looking forward to this evenings ILCC webinar @8pm with Dr Sarah Barrett. An overview of radiation therapy for people impacted by lung cancer, it will be great. Get the link in the ILCC instagram bio.

I used to think that if you were polite, kind, thoughtful, clear and rational, that that would be enough to make it clear to those who have control over public healthcare resource allocation where to spend money to make things work better. It turns out that is not enough.