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<p>Dr Sarah Fitzgibbon is walking 100 miles to raise money for Women’s Aid, with family and friends helping on the days she is struggling. Picture: Chani Anderson</p>

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Cork doctor with bowel cancer: 'More people are getting it under age 50'

Cork doctor Sarah Fitzgibbon didn't expect to hear that her scan had detected cancer, even though she knew it was only a matter of time.

<p>Ashley Hoyne: 'I don’t feel that [the stoma bag] had a major impact on my mental health from an image point of view, I think because it gave me such relief. I look at it as such a gift.' Picture: Ferdia Mooney.</p>

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Stoma surgery: How the colorectal procedure is the best thing that ever happened to me

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Irish oncologists share eight things they do to lower their risk of cancer

Serious, anti aging and portrait of a mother and daughter isolated on a studio background. Skincare and a senior mom with a woma

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How does your cancer risk change with age?

HELEN DUNNE

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I thought I had a haemorrhoid after giving birth — it was bowel cancer

Cork teacher on bowel cancer diagnosis at 45: ‘My life would never be the same again’

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Cork teacher on bowel cancer diagnosis at 45: ‘My life would never be the same again’

I was told it was perimenopause — but I had incurable bowel cancer

S I was told it was perimenopause — but I had incurable bowel cancer

Clodagh Downing was careful to visit her GP about health, but she was reassured she was too young to have a serious illness. Within months she was diagnosed with incurable bowel cancer

Thu, 04 May, 2023

'I never thought cancer warnings were for me': Man, 48, on living with terminal bowel cancer

'I never thought cancer warnings were for me': Man, 48, on living with terminal bowel cancer

Michael Murphy was shocked to hear he had inoperable bowel cancer months after the initial symptoms presented - he thought his weight loss was due to a new health programme. Now living from scan to scan, he warns others not to put off seeing their doctor if they are concerned

Fri, 07 Apr, 2023

My body is doing all it can to keep me alive: Women living with cancer share their stories

S My body is doing all it can to keep me alive: Women living with cancer share their stories

Survival rates for those with invasive cancer have jumped by 50% in 10 years, thanks to ongoing medical improvements. Three women talk about living well despite their stage 4 diagnosis

Fri, 09 Dec, 2022

There was a lot I didn't realise about bowel cancer — here is what I learned the hard way

There was a lot I didn't realise about bowel cancer — here is what I learned the hard way

From a bloated tummy to a cancer diagnosis, Ali McCormack talks to Helen O'Callaghan about how she got through her surgery and chemotherapy

Sun, 07 Aug, 2022

Living with bowel cancer: Being told I had stage 4 cancer was a huge shock

Living with bowel cancer: Being told I had stage 4 cancer was a huge shock

A busy mother of five with a full-time job was shocked to hear she had advanced bowel cancer within days after visiting her GP

Thu, 14 Apr, 2022