Decoding Cancer
Each week our host Dr Robert O’Connor will be joined by top experts and cancer patients to discuss the big cancer questions like why do people get cancer, what are the signs and symptoms we can look out for, and will there ever be a cure for cancer?
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 11
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2022
Decoding Cancer Special Episode – World Ovarian Cancer Day
Ovarian cancer specialist and Consultant Gynaecological Oncologist Prof Donal Brennan, and PhD student Romina Silva, are joined in conversation by Declan Feeney, husband of the late Orla Kenny, to di…
How does immunotherapy work?
Dr Robert O'Connor is joined by cancer doctor & researcher Dr Jarushka Naidoo & lung cancer patient advocate Seamus Cotter for our first ever live season finale episode of the podcast to discuss the …
What cancer advice is trustworthy?
Cancer misinformation expert Prof Declan Devane and Jennifer Feighan of the Irish Nutrition & Dietetic Institute offer helpful advice on how to sift through the complex and often conflicting informat…
What have the Irish ever done for cancer research?
Dr Lisa Dwane tells of the personal experience that set her on the road to eventually joining a globally-renowned cancer research institute, and breast cancer survivor Rhona Nally talks to Dr Robert …
Why is cancer so tough to treat?
Prostate cancer researcher Dr Antoinette Perry gives a no-nonsense explanation of how cancer works and the reasons why treating the disease is not so simple, and Martin Sweeney gives some tips to pat…
How are dogs helping to unlock the secrets of skin cancer?
Melanoma patient advocate Kay Curtain and consultant plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr Shirley Potter chat with Dr Robert O’Connor about a research project that may just help us to better underst…
Nutrition, Exercise and Cancer
For the first episode of season 2, Dr Robert O’Connor is joined by patient advocate and cancer survivor Niamh Fortune, and consultant colorectal and general surgeon Dr Susan Moug to chat through the …
Will there ever be a cure for cancer?
Dr. Robert O’Connor discusses the concept of a ‘cure for cancer’ with Irish Cancer Society funded researcher Prof. Donal Brennan and his patient Jen, and hears about the everyday work that is improvi…
What are the signs of cancer?
GP Dr. Una Kennnedy outlines what changes to watch out for that could be signs of cancer and what to do if we spot them, and breast cancer survivor Geraldine Dunphy recalls her chance discovery that …
Covid and Cancer
NPHET expert advisory group chair Dr. Cillian De Gascun explains the extra risks that cancer patients face from Covid-19 and how we can all protect the most vulnerable in society, and CLL patient Jan…
Why do people get cancer?
Dr Robert O’Connor is joined by the head of the World Health Organisation’s Cancer Research arm, Dr Elisabete Weiderpass and breast cancer survivor, Catherine Egan to discuss the reasons why people g…