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Showing posts with label breast cancer. Show all posts
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Breast-cancer checks save lives despite over diagnosis
(Reuters) - Breast-cancer screening saves lives even though it also picks up cases in some women that would never have caused them a problem, according to a review published in The Lancet medical journal. More
Tuesday, 4 September 2012
CLIC SARGENT FOR CHILDREN WITH CANCER!
Respite facilities, what do you know about it?
Some of you already know taking care of a loved one is a full time job, And it can be extremely demanding. This is where respite comes in, it allows you to relax and have a normal life, which can often be taken away when you have a seriously ill member in the family. following Mark Dean's telephone interview with Jo Bell , who has a teenager of 16, and suffering with a brain tumor.
Link to Mark Dean's interview with Jo Bell
Clic Sargent
Every day, 10 children and young people in the UK hear the shocking news they have cancer. Treatment normally starts immediately, is often given many miles from home and can last for up to three years. Being diagnosed with cancer is a frightening experience and the emotional, practical and financial implications of treatment are intensely challenging for the whole family.
CLIC Sargent is the UK’s leading cancer charity for children and young people, and their families. Clic Sargent provide clinical, practical, financial and emotional support to help them cope with cancer and get the most out of life. We are there from diagnosis onwards and aim to help the whole family deal with the impact of cancer and its treatment, life after treatment and, in some cases, bereavement.
This section contains more information about CLIC Sargent, including their aims, mission and vision and why the views of children and young people
with cancer are so important to them.
Clic Sargent web link
CLIC Sargent is not responsible for the content of external sites.
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Life Saver Matthew meets the leukaemia stranger (Oliver) whose life he saved.
Thank you: Survivor Mr Rofix, left, meets
bone marrow donor Mr Hall for the first time
Matthew Hall, from Three Holes, near Wisbech, made a bone marrow donation to save the life of leukaemia sufferer Oliver Rofix and now the pair have enjoyed an emotional meeting.
Mr Rofix from Woodbridge, Suffolk, was just 20 years old he was diagnosed with an extremely rare form of leukaemia that left him needing a bone marrow transplant for any chance of survival.
Out of the nine million people registered for donation with the Anthony Nolan Trust, there were just two tissue matches. One was in America. The other was Mr Hall.
Mr Rofix received the treatment he so desperately needed just three days after his 21st birthday and is now in remission. On Saturday, he finally came face to face with Mr Hall at Suffolk Yacht Harbour in Levington, near Ipswich,
“I was only the third known person in the world to be diagnosed with this form of leukaemia and the other two had died,” said Mr Rofix, now 24.
“To find someone out of nine million people, who also lived so close, was very lucky.
“It's great to finally meet Matthew. We had already swapped a few Christmas cards and sent e-mails to one another, but that was it. I'd never even seen a picture of him - I wanted to be completely in the dark.
“The Anthony Nolan Trust can arrange contact between a patient and donor - but only after two years. After that I had to make the first move.
“It was an important thing for me to do. I can't express my thanks enough because he really has saved my life.”
Mr Hall, 43, who joined the Anthony Nolan register in 1995, was called to a Harley Street clinic for a medical.
And becoming a donor is not quite as painful as people expect - 80pc of tests can now be done through a process similar to giving blood.
Mr Hall and his wife Karen joined the register in 1995 after an appeal for a woman who worked in their local take-away. Sadly no match was found for her and she died, leaving a young family.
“When I knew I could actually help someone, there was no way I was going to say no. I was only in hospital for three days and two nights. I was treated extremely well,” said Mr Hall.
“There was a little bit of pain, but it wasn't unbearable. I wouldn't hesitate to do it again. I'd have no worries. I'd encourage anyone to join up. It's incredibly easy to do.”
Next year, Mr Rofix will be sailing around Great Britain in a bid to raise awareness and support of the Anthony Nolan Trust, and also try and inspire others who have been seriously ill.
“It's very hard for people who come out of treatment to get their confidence back,” he said. “I want to show people that they can still go out there and do what they want to do.”
Oliver's Travels
quote taken from
Oliver's own website
"My name is Oliver Rofix and I am lucky enough to have survived LEUKAEMIA. I wouldn't be here without my donor and the support of family, friends and the various organisations dedicated to defeating this terrible illness.
Oliver is also looking for sponsors for his voyage awareness to Anthony Nolan trust to beat leukaemia
Now I want to give something back!
My Challenge
To raise awareness and more importantly, funds, for The Anthony Nolan Trust because without a donor I would not be here today.
I will also be acknowledging two other charities, which are CLIC Sargent and Teenage Cancer Trust. It is through these two charities that I have met some very close friends at events which they have held.
How am I going to do it ?
By sailing the boat (a Valiant 18) that I bought just before my transplant, (Jolly Olly), around the coastline of Britain in 2011. The voyage will take approx 16 weeks and I will be sailing round the top of Scotland. Stopping every night if possible at a harbour to raise awareness through local media of what I am doing; I am also hoping to meet other young people who have been affected by cancer.
My planned Departure Date is May 2nd 2011
I will also be undertaking a shorter voyage from Ipswich to Cowes and around the Isle of Wight in July/August 2010 and taking the boat to local fund raising events whilst sailing as much as I can to prepare the boat and myself for the round Britain voyage." Anthony Nolan Trust
get in touch with olley Via his Facebook page or on Twitter.
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Monday, 25 January 2010
RACE FOR LIFE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE!
Every year in "Race For Life", people run, jog or walk it doesn't
matter what. So get sponsored for this years event !
Race for life website
| Northamptonshire | Wed 09 June 2010 | 19:00 | 5km | Event details |  |
| Northamptonshire | Wed 09 June 2010 | 19:00 | 10km | Event details | |
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See links also below, thank you Jerry
Friday, 12 June 2009
Breast Cancer
CancerStats Key Facts on Breast Cancer
This page presents key breast cancer incidence, survival and mortality statistics, and the main risk factors for breast cancer. A table of the latest breast cancer statistics is also available.
You can download a PDF of the breast cancer key facts page.
The breast cancer statistics on these pages are designed for health professionals. If you are looking for information because you or someone you know has been affected by breast cancer , then the CancerHelp UK pages on breast cancer may be more useful and relevant. CancerHelp UK also includes a straightforward guide to understanding statistics.
How common is breast cancer?
- Breast cancer is now the most common cancer in the UK.
- In the UK in 2006 more than 45,500 women were diagnosed with breast cancer, that’s around 125 women a day.
- Each year around 300 men in the UK are diagnosed with breast cancer.
- Breast cancer incidence rates have increased by more than 50% over the last twenty-five years.
- In the last ten years, female breast cancer incidence rates in the UK have increased by 6%.
- 8 in 10 breast cancers are diagnosed in women aged 50 and over.
- In England the NHS breast screening programme diagnoses around 10,000 cases of breast cancer each year.
- The NHS breast screening programme in England saves around 1,400 lives each year.
- Worldwide, more than a million women are diagnosed with breast cancer every year.
- The highest rates of breast cancer occur in Northern and Western Europe and North America and the lowest rates are in Northern, Eastern and Middle African countries and Asia.
Read more in-depth breast cancer incidence statistics.
How many people survive breast cancer?
- More women are surviving breast cancer than ever before.
- Breast cancer survival rates have been improving for more than twenty years.
- In the 1970s around 5 out of 10 breast cancer patients survived beyond five years. Now it's 8 out of 10.
- Breast cancer survival rates are significantly higher among women from the most affluent areas compared to women living in the most deprived areas.
- Breast cancer survival rates are better the earlier the cancer is diagnosed.
- Around 9 out of 10 of women diagnosed with stage I breast cancer survive beyond five years. This drops to around 1 out of 10 diagnosed with stage IV.
Read more in-depth breast cancer survival statistics.
How many people die from breast cancer?
- Each year in the UK just under 12,000 women around 90 men die from breast cancer.
- Each year there are around 1,300 deaths from breast cancer in women under 50.
- More than half of breast cancer deaths are women aged over 70.
- Since peaking in the late 1980s breast cancer death rates have fallen by a third.
- In the last ten years death rates for breast cancer have fallen by almost a fifth.
- Breast cancer is now the second most common cause of death from cancer in women after lung.
Read more in-depth breast cancer mortality statistics.
What causes breast cancer?
- Women with a mother, sister or daughter diagnosed with breast cancer have an 80% higher risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer themselves.
- Risk increases with the number of first-degree relatives diagnosed with breast cancer, but even so, eight out of nine breast cancers occur in women without a family history of breast cancer.
- Obesity increases risk of postmenopausal breast cancer by up to 30%.
- Women using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for five years or longer have a 35% increased risk of breast cancer.
- Use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) causes approximately 2,000 cases of breast cancer in the UK each year.
- The risk of breast cancer in current users of oral contraceptives is increased by around a quarter.
- Drinking moderate amounts of alcohol increases the risk of breast cancer - as little as one alcoholic drink per day increases breast cancer risk by around 12%.
- A more active lifestyle reduces breast cancer risk.
Read more in depth breast cancer risk factors.
| Breast cancer - UK | Males | Females | Persons |
| Number of new cases (UK 2006) | 314 | 45,508 | 45,822 |
| Rate per 100,000 population* | 0.9 | 121.0 | 63.8 |
| Number of deaths (UK 2007) | 92 | 11,990 | 12,082 |
| Rate per 100,000 population* | 0.2 | 26.7 | 14.6 |
| Five-year survival rate (for patients diagnosed 2001-2003**, England & Wales) | - | 80% | - |
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