The Answers for Cancers

This week on the podcast we chat with Holly Jane Woods about her experience of being diagnosed with stage 4 oesophageal cancer at the age of 25. We first became aware of Holly's story when we saw her on irelandam. Firstly for anybody not following Holly on Instagram you need too! She is absolutely hilarious and honest, you are guaranteed to come away from her page feeling better. Holly is extremel...

Dr Adrian Murphy

We discuss what to expect when attending and recovering from surgery with Gynaecology Oncology CNS Louise Comerford

Dr . Karen Cadoo is a consultant Cancer Geneticist and Medical Oncologist at St. James's Hospital, Dublin

Director of psychology and support services at Cancer Care West and National Clinical Lead in Psycho-Oncology Ireland

We are very excited to announce starting today the 20th of September we will be releasing and episode a week for 4 weeks to answer all of your questions for world gynaecology oncology day. The theme for this year is 'dare to ask' so we will be asking all of the questions sent in by you to 4 specialists. We will speak with Prof Donal Brennan, Dr Karen Cadoo,  Helen Greally, and Louise Comerfor...

Today we are joined by Leanne

This week we are joined by Dr Jarushka Naidoo, Consultant Medical Oncologist at Beaumont Hospital and Chair of the Lung Cancer Group at Cancer Trials Ireland to discuss Lung Cancer. 

This week we talk with support group facilitator Pat Halley. Pat speaks openly about his experience of living with cancer. We have an honest conversation about the first time he reached out for support and journey it has taken him on since. Thank you Pat for helping raise awareness about the importance of seaking support if you feel you need it.

Professor Nicola Ralph is a Consultant Dermatologist on the Specialist Register for Dermatology in Ireland. She is an honours graduate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland. She commenced her training in Dermatology in the Mater Misericordaie University hospital where she developed a special interest in photodermatology. This led to her current undertaking of an MD, as principal investigator o...

This week we discuss stress and it's impacts with Mary Scarf from ARC

Naomi Algeo an Occupational Therapist by background, and Irish Research Council Scholar (2018-21) currently completing my doctoral studies in cancer and employment in Ireland, under the School of Medicine at Trinity College Dublin

Consultant Psychotherapist Carmel O'Hara joins us this week to talk about mindfulness in relation to diagnosis and also the benefits of mindfulness in general. Carmel also leads a drop-in mindfulness session at the end of the podcast (33:16) we learned so much in both the recording of this podcast and by dropping in on one of Carmel's mindfulness sessions in ARC, we hope you enjoy this podcast and...

Niamh facilitates people moving from where they are now to where they want to be and she has successfully worked with hundreds of people from the worlds of sport, business and general life in this regard. Niamh brings insight, clarity and perspective to her sessions, along with great reserves of enthusiasm and humour, so working with her is not only educational and effective, but also enjoyable.

Helen worked for 22 years in London focussing on the area of urology. She joined the Macmillan Cancer Support team, after seeing the need for a more holistic approach to the care of cancer patients. Helen set up two support groups for men with prostate cancer and their families, called Prospect and PHASE. Before returning to Ireland Helen ended her time at Macmillan as Cancer Nurse Director, a pos...

This week we discuss breast Cancer with Prof. Desmond Carney

Today we are delighted to be joined by Breast Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Sinead Murtagh. We are lucky to have Sinead as a colleague and are grateful for all the information provided in this episode. She explains how to check our breasts, signs and symptoms of Breast cancer, what to do if you notice something abnormal and surgical options available for patients. We hope you enjoy today's episod...

Yvonne Lucas is Services Manager at ARC cancer support.  ARC Cancer Support Centre is a registered voluntary organisation providing a drop-in service and professional support to people affected by cancer and to their families, friends, and carers. All our services are provided free of charge.   Whether you have recently been diagnosed with cancer, are in recovery, are the parent of...

Sam is the founder of Growing Families, previously known as Families Through Surrogacy . He and his partner have two girls born via international surrogacy in 2011. Sam has been involved in family formation journeys for over eight years. He established the not-for-profit organisation Surrogacy Australia in 2010, which quickly became Australia’s go-to resource for media, government and intended par...

This week's episode is the first of our patient story series, talking with patients sharing their personal stories. Lean was kind enough to share her surrogacy journey with us and we are very proud to be able to share such an informative and inspiring story. IG: @theanswersforcancerspodcast

Mandy joined the Rotunda IVF/Sims IVF Swords team in 2016 as the oncology cryopreservation programme manager and senior embryologist and has been an integral member of the team ever since. Her experience has been invaluable in training new staff and sharing the Rotunda IVF oncology cryopreservation programme with the wider medical community including presentations at conferences and lectures to on...

This week we're joined by a colleague and friend Sarah Robinson

Dr Mary Rogan is a retired GP, Psychosexual Therapist & author of Sex for simple Humans.  Mary's book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sex-Simple-Humans-Throughout-Your-ebook/dp/B077YLB44P/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&qid=1615852529&refinements=p_27%3ADr+Mary+Frances+Rogan&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Dr+Mary+Frances+Rogan

This week we discuss Radiotherapy with Dr. Michael Maher, Dr. Maher qualified from the Royal College of Surgeons and completed his radiation oncology training in St Lukes Hospital Dublin, the Institut de Cancérologie Gustave-Roussy, and Institut Curie. He established the first private radiotherapy centre in Ireland in 1995 when he joined the Mater Private Hospital. Dr Maher is a leader in the fiel...

Prof. John McCaffery joins us today to speak about the most frequently asked questions Men may have when Diagnosed with prostate cancer