A Review of the Bio-medical Evidence on Breast, Ovarian and Cervical Cancer

This review aims to provide good quality, up-to-date biomedical evidence of the therapies available to women in Ireland to treat breast, cervical and ovarian cancer. This review summarises evidence from guidelines and high quality studies. It should be noted however that scientific evidence is not infallible, and knowledge in this field is constantly evolving. The evidence summarised in this review presents the current consensus. Download document here   Download summary of report

Improving outcomes for people with skin tumours including melanoma (update)

The management of low-risk basal cell carcinomas in the community.In February 2006, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published service guidance on skin cancer, ‘Improving outcomes for people with skin tumours including melanoma’ (NICE guidance on cancer services). Many of the recommendations in this guidance were converted into peer review measures published in the ‘Manual for cancer services 2008: skin measures..

Ovarian cancer leaflet

This booklet has been reproduced and distributed in Northern Ireland to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer among women. Ovarian cancer is often diagnosed at a late stage but the sooner it is detected the easier it is to treat. The original leaflet produced by Target Ovarian Cancer is available in other languages at: www.targetovariancancer.org.uk http://www.targetovariancancer.org.uk/about-ovarian-cancer/what-ovarian-...

Ovarian cancer poster

This poster has been reproduced and distributed in Northern Ireland to raise awareness of the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer among women. The sooner ovarian cancer is detected the easier it is to treat.�