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DHL Express, the world’s leading international express services provider, today confirmed that since it announced its partnership with the Irish Cancer Society as its headline charity in Ireland for 2012/2013, it has raised €12,000 for the charity thanks to the enthusiasm and generosity of its staff, service partners and subcontractors.
With almost one in three Irish women smoking, and one in two younger and more disadvantaged women addicted to tobacco, the Irish Cancer Society today called for action to tackle what the Society is calling a smoking epidemic among Irish women.
Research funded by the Irish Cancer Society that investigates the role of genetic mutations in response to various lung cancer treatment strategies will be presented at the upcoming British Thoracic Oncology Group Conference (BTOG) in Dublin, which will be attended by over 600 medical professionals.
Launching its latest five-year Strategy entitled “Towards a Future Without Cancer” on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, the Irish Cancer Society declares that the worryingly high rate of cancer incidence and death in poorer communities across Ireland needs to be tackled as a matter of urgency.
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