This Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, we’re placing the symptoms in plain sight. The question is: will people notice them—just like the real signs of bowel cancer?
Author: Lynch Syndrome Ireland
Which are you – Quiet Watcher, Middle Grounder or Peacock?
Watch the quiet ones.
Show Me Your Medical Card: How a Piece of Plastic Became the Gatekeeper to Community Healthcare in Ireland
The medical card was designed to make sure income didn’t stop people accessing healthcare. In too many community settings today, it has become the reason they can’t.
Men in Scotland(everywhere) will do ANYTHING to avoid going to the doctor.
ANYTHING.
A huge number of bookings have been made by WOMEN. For the men in their lives. Because apparently our wives and partners and daughters have decided they’d quite like us to stick around, even if we haven’t got round to deciding that for ourselves yet.
Shared Decision-Making: The Gap Between What Doctors Think They Explain and What Patients Hear
It isn’t poor practice. It is structural: a 10-minute appointment, an assumption of comprehension, professional confidence that information delivered is information received, but no real mechanism to verify understanding.
HSE Publications on Lynch Syndrome
Available here:
Critical Evaluation of Total Neoadjuvant Therapy for Locally Advanced Rectal
Conclusion: the incorporation of total neoadjuvant therapy(TNT) as the standard of care for patients with Locally advanced rectal carcinoma(LARC) would mean intensification of treatment as compared with chemoradiotherapy(CRT) alone with its associated toxicity, without conclusive evidence of improved response rates or overall survival.
Therefore, we feel that CRT should remain the standard of care for patients with LARC. Future research should focus on novel biomarkers, enabling identification of patients who will substantially benefit from a TNT regimen to justify the added toxicity.
Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity
A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups.
💉Reduced people’s risk of ER by 29%
💉Reduced risk of hospitalisations by 39%
💉Reduced the risk of death by 64%
💉Vaccination was effective in all age groups and “in persons with or without major chronic conditions.”
Just 21 percent of the adult U.S. population got vaccinated against COVID last year—a proportion that has been steadily declining. With less vaccine-induced immunity, Perlman says, more people “would benefit even more from getting vaccinated this year.”
Prevention is better than Cure
Cancer came as no surprise for one survivor.
Learn how the family history and a genetic syndrome put them at high risk.
Delving into the role of genetic counsellors in cancer care.
And the hope for a vaccination.
Living with Lynch syndrome-Oct. 1 marks Previvor Day
- Lynch syndrome affects 1 in 279, increasing cancer risk and highlighting the need for genetic testing and preventive measures.
- Previvors navigate a complex emotional landscape, balancing grief, fear, and resilience while advocating for awareness and education.
- The medical system often overlooks previvors, who face high healthcare costs and the emotional burden of preventive measures.
- Prevention, genetic testing, and understanding family history are crucial for managing hereditary cancer risks and saving lives.
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