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For twin sisters Nikki Maharaj and Bridget Martin their 36th birthday was as remarkable as it was precious. After a nine-year battle with cancer, few expected Ms Maharaj to reach the milestone, but the devoted mother of two fought right to the end an...

Seeing the indomitable spirit of her grandmother when faced with breast cancer has served as a valuable source of inspiration for one of CedarBridge Academy’s most exceptional students, Marissa Trott. A brief glance at Marissa’s resume will reveal ...

Richard de Whittaker gained a new appreciation for life after surviving advanced testicular cancer. The recording engineer had to undergo surgery and a gruelling chemotherapy regime for about nine months to get rid of the cancerous cells that had sp...

Testicular cancer may be rare but people should be aware of the symptoms and men should see their doctor if they feel that something is wrong. This is the message from Sein Aung, the director of oncology at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, who spo...

For many cancer survivors, completing an intensive treatment course is only one step along the long road to recovery. What people sometimes do not understand, according to cancer expert Christopher Fosker, is that survivors continue to face challenge...

The Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre has signed an agreement with a Boston-based counterpart to improve its radiotherapy services. The deal will see the Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center provide input into the development of the BCHC’s o...

A benefit concert will be held this weekend to help the man behind Snowy’s snowballs as he battles cancer. Larry Ingham and his wife Pamela have suffered financial difficulties since he had multiple myeloma diagnosed last May, causing a tumour to fra...

A cancer patient who needs treatment but was blocked from leaving the island because of an administrative error has been left “at her wit’s end” trying to regain permission to travel. “I’m back to square one doing the same things all over again, but ...

Laurent and Zaira Perrier have raised $11,000 for sick children and they’re barely out of diapers. The siblings, 4 and 2, are this year’s youngest St Baldrick’s Day participants. They will have their heads shaved tomorrow to raise funds for childhoo...

When Magnus Henneberger shaves his head for St Baldrick’s it will be the sixth time in a row the 13-year-old Saltus Grammar School student has lost his locks. But Magnus’s exploits are grounded in the reality of having two people very close to him wh...

A new radiation therapy initiative will allow cancer patients to receive comprehensive treatment on the island. Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre and the Bermuda Hospitals Board have teamed up to offer the service, which was announced at a press conf...

Curtis Perry celebrated his 45th birthday in a low-key way: brunch, and time with the family. He and his wife Rebecca have made every day count this year. The Argus Optical optometrist was told in January that he had an aggressive and rare form of ca...