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Title	Date
NICaN Nurse Director becomes Fellow of Royal College of Nursing	12 Apr 2011
March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
70,000 living with cancer in NI	2 May 2013
Breast cancer cells spread by digging their escape route	21 Oct 2012
‘Living Matters, Dying Matters: Where matters – Transforming Palliative Care’ workshop	21 Jun 2012
Joint palliative care unit to open at Antrim Area Hospital	8 Mar 2012
Children’s Hospice plays vital role in caring for children and families	16 Feb 2012
About World Hospice and Palliative Care Day	23 Sep 2011
NCPC calls for new deal for people who are dying	24 Aug 2011
Lung Cancer Threat Underestimated By Most UK Women	22 Aug 2011
Morning smoking has cancer risk	10 Aug 2011
Erlotinib Fails To Get An Approval Nod From NICE For Non-small Cell Lung Cancer, UK	30 Jun 2011
Research spend on cancer doubles within a decade and the most fatal cancers see investment	29 Jun 2011
Current UK system of Barrett's oesophagus monitoring 'not cost effective'	20 Jun 2011
Vaccine hope for prostate cancer sufferers	20 Jun 2011
Elderly breast cancer patients less likely to get surgery	16 Jun 2011
GPs and nurses launch end of life care charter	8 Jun 2011
Queen's scientists unlock potential of frog skin to treat cancer	7 Jun 2011
Cancer Research UK-funded scientists find way to eliminate leukaemia stem cells	6 Jun 2011
Macmillan Cancer Support Responds to End of Life Patient Charter	1 Jun 2011

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