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Walking and running 1,000 kilometres in Kilkenny for cancer awareness
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Raising awareness about breast cancer is the key motivation behind a trojan fundraiser to walk/run a combined distance of 1,000 kilometres during the month of May.
The campaign has been set up by Sinead Bourke who is living in Kilkenny to raise much needed funds for the National Breast Cancer Research Institute (NBCRI).
Sinead, along with her friends Louise and Georgia, who are on a work placement in Glanbia, have decided to walk/run a combined distance of 1,000km over the month of May. Ireland Way
Their goal equals the distance of the Ireland Way, a hiking trail which runs the length of the country from Castletownbere in Cork to the Giants Causeway in Antrim. Owing to Covid-19 restrictions, the 1,000km will be taking place on the streets of Kilkenny.
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Using gene testing to assess the risk of breast cancer
Clinicians will soon be able to use gene panel testing to identify those most at risk from developing breast cancer, thanks to 2,000 DNA samples gathered in Ireland and which were used as part of an international study involving more than 113,000 women,
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There are nine specific genes associated with breast cancer risk, according to the results of an international project with significant Irish involvement. The University of Cambridge-led BRIDGES (Breast Cancer Risk after Diagnostic Gene Sequencing) study aimed to identify women at high risk of breast cancer and to develop sensitive and informative gene panel testing for the prediction of breast cancer risk.