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Government pledges additional £10 million to deliver 29 new breast cancer screening units, 58 remote access upgrades and nearly 70 life-saving service upgrades to speed up diagnosis and treatment.

To honour the memory of a family friend who died of cancer, Ursuline Convent fifth-form student Michael Hall on Monday donated $780 to help women in their battle against breast cancer.Presenting the funds that were raised through the sale of ties during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Hall said he created the project with the hope of assisting the Breast Cancer Society in his small way.“One of the reasons I wanted to help was because I kept hearing about the large number of women dying from bre...

Pink was the order of the day on Friday as The Lester Vaughan School participated in breast cancer awareness month. Teacher Sandra Harris presented representatives from the Breast Screening Programme of the Barbados Cancer Society with funds collected through shirt sales and donations by students and staff. Principal of The Lester Vaughan School, Anthony Alleyne, explained that the event was one of the activities he wanted make a part of …

As a male in a female dominated family, Marvin Beckles knows first hand the challenges women face. Marvin was one of the scores of men that stood in solidarity with their significant other, friends, family and colleagues on Sunday, October 2

Raising awareness of breast cancer is a continual fight, and Dr Shirley Hanoman-Jhagroo does not plan to back down. The medical coordinator of the Barbados Cancer Society's Breast Screening Programme voiced that women looking to get tested h

Sandra Cumberbatch was one of the thousands who trekked from the Everton Weekes Roundabout to the National Botanical Gardens for the 2022 CIBC Walk for the Cure. Out of the sea of pink, there were numerous cancer survivors, family and friend

After a two-year hiatus, the Caribbean's biggest fundraising walk - CIBC First Caribbean Walk for the Cure - returns with promises to be bigger and better. Annually held on the first Sunday in October, the streets of Barbados are flooded pin

Dr Stephanie Date is reminding citizens that not only women are susceptible to breast cancer. The committee member of the Breast Screening Programme of the Barbados Cancer Society ignited a call for men to get tested for breast cancer recent

An M&S employee discovered a mum-of-two had cancer during a bra-fitting appointment in Bracknell.

Minister Swann Visits Newry Mobile Breast Screening Unit