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This year was the first time I participated in Relay for Life in Bermuda. I walked the Survivors’ Lap that opens this immensely popular fundraising event. We survivors, caregivers and people who are currently affected by cancer were proudly wearing ...

Cancer care experts have backed a ban on sunscreen linked to the death of coral reefs. Bermuda Cancer & Health Centre said it was aware of evidence that big-name brands of sunscreen which contain oxybenzone and octinoxate had been linked to coral ble...

A partnership between a Bermuda charity and a US hospital group has delivered “cutting- edge” cancer treatment, a visiting expert said yesterday. Mark Davis, executive director of strategic initiatives and business development at Dana-Farber/Brigham...

Randy York is no stranger to serious health problems — he battled to beat prostate cancer three years ago and survived a brain abscess aged 16. The 45-year-old is now taking part in Relay for Life to raise funds for Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre i...

Marvin Brock experienced firsthand how the kindness of strangers helped save his son’s life. Now the Bermudian has appealed for help again — this time to save his own life after he had stage four prostate cancer diagnosed. Mr Brock, 70, said: “We man...

The island is to host an international medical summit next month. The Pink and Teal Conference on Breast and Ovarian Cancer will bring a “who’s who” of specialists to Bermuda from June 13 to 15. William Keegan, president of Innovative Medical Confere...

At the age of 35, Kimberley Best was diagnosed with breast cancer. Her diagnosis in 2010 came a year almost to the day that one of her dearest friends had called to say she also had the disease. “You get the call from your doctor and you just know. T...

A cancer expert who helped bring radiation therapy to Bermuda has been invited to speak at a conference in Canada. Chris Fosker, clinical director and radiation oncologist at Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre, will speak about the cancer control chall...

To her friends, Cymai Weller was a bright ray of sunshine that lit up a room. To her family, she was a brave and bubbly teenager who always thought of others, even during her 20-month battle against a rare form of childhood cancer. The 15-year-old Be...

For the past two years, brave Brennan Watkins has spent almost as much time in hospitals battling a rare form of leukaemia as he has in school. The five-year-old has completed 21 of 26 months of chemotherapy treatment since his diagnosis in April 201...

Giovanna Watson has been upfront about her fight with cancer since the disease was diagnosed four years ago. Now the 41-year-old author of Dear Cancer, Let Me Introduce Myself has been made Bermuda’s first Global Relay for Life Hero of Hope. Ms Watso...

A total of 15 cases of cervical cancer were reported in Bermuda last year, a Department of Health spokeswoman revealed last night. The news came as the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre asked women to get screened for the disease and reminded parents...