After awareness, then what? #CancerCanDoOne.
Mike Kinnaird
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Questioning how cancer is talked about — and what that talk avoids. It focuses on the questions that rarely get asked once awareness has been raised and the conversation moves on.
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They Survived Cancer. Then They Lost Their Hearing. Did Anyone Warn Them?
There's a side effect of cancer treatment that affects millions of people every year. It's permanent. It's devastating. And many patients, it seems, aren't told about it before treatment begins. I…
"What Gap Are You Trying To Close?" Dr Liz O'Riordan Asks The Question I Couldn't Fully Answer.
Dr Liz O'Riordan is a consultant breast surgeon who got breast cancer. Three times. She knows the system from both sides of the table — the clinician giving the diagnosis in a 10 minute appointment,…
"Stop Telling Me To Be Aware". Is "Cancer Awareness" Irrelevant Now?
We've known smoking causes cancer for 70 years. People still smoke. We are "cancer aware." So when did it all just become a noise? We know what cancer patients need after treatment ends. We don't…
Tessa Parry-Wingfield: So who's heard of eye cancer? She hadn't.
Tessa Parry-Wingfield is a journalist and global communications expert—skilled at finding information, building communities, creating content. Then she was diagnosed with ocular melanoma. Eye cancer.…
Sanna: Has Her Career Ended Because She Mentioned "Cancer"?
When treatment ended, Sanna Tiensuu-Piirainen was told: "You're cancer-free. Good luck." Then she was lost. And of course we know that's not a unique situation. By some distance. But the real…
Cancer treatment ends. 'Now THIS is the hard bit...' Two women talk through their breast cancer reality.
The diary is empty. No more scans. No more treatment. That's it. You're good. So why do so many cancer patients feel depressed, abandoned and lost when surely it's time to celebrate? In a first for…
He was 30 and a gym owner. He'll never get cancer. Will he?
"I sat in the car for half an hour and cried." His first thought; how will his new wife cope with this news? He was 30 years old with a life built on fitness and nutrition. He felt very alone. There…
Five Siblings. All Before 60. Cancer Has a Dark Sense of Humour.
What happens when cancer doesn’t just hit one person, but an entire family? In this episode I speak with Anthony McLoughlin, one of five siblings who were all diagnosed with cancer before the age of…
'A Better Man': How Incurable Prostate Cancer Remade Tony.
Tony Collier had it all—or so he thought. In his 60s, he was the embodiment of drive: building a business, checking every box for success, and clocking 60–70-hour workweeks. Then came the diagnosis:…
When They Don’t Look, They Don’t Find: Beverley’s Story
Beverley is a mum to Jake, a thirty-something who still lives at home—not because of choice, but because a missed brain tumour diagnosis changed both their lives forever. For months, doctors searched…
Cancer in Cameroon: What happens when care is out of reach?
What happens when you’re diagnosed with cancer but the nearest treatment is hundreds of miles away — and there’s no radiotherapy machine? When the cost of the most basic of treatment is way beyond…
The Cancer System That’s Both Brilliant and Broken: A Norwegian Survivor’s Story.
What happens when cancer care is both the best—and the worst? In this honest, unfiltered conversation, Norwegian breast cancer survivor and doctor Patrycja Buxton (just not the medical kind) shares…
What Cancer Took—and What Sarah Built in Its Place.
She knew something wasn't right. At all. But getting her fears recognised took far longer than anticipated. Time and again this mum in her 30s who'd just had baby number three was told she should…
Cancer Tired v Fatigue. Andy knew the life saving difference.
Tired versus fatigue. Big difference. Did I know that? Absolutely not. Thankfully Andy Mullaney realised that his 'tiredness' wasn't just overdoing it, or Covid jab after effects or just getting…
But what if you’ve never seen breast cancer that looks like you?
Breasts are a private matter. Talking about them, touching them, exposing them to examination. Photograph them? No. Absolutely not comfortable with any of that. At all. That’s not what we do. And…
Explain the cancer story to children. The 'Little C' legacy of Jen and Nic.
How do you explain what cancer is to children? How to do that with facts they can understand, in an every day way they can follow and without frightening them? Jen and Nic meet by chance at a cancer…
Dale's life and family brutally changed by cancer in weeks - twice.
Dale was at the top of his game. Literally. A six foot 3, rugby playing, in-demand career-smashing, fiercely intelligent man with unlimited prospects. The hours were madness and the workload immense…
Sleep, Cancer And This 'New' Science We’re Still Unpacking.
We all know sleep is important. But if you have a chronic illness—or cancer—it's not just about feeling rested. Sleep plays a direct role in treatment effectiveness, recovery, and overall health.…
Cancer Meets Comedy, Autism Meets Medicine: Stories That Challenge With A Blog And A Book.
What happens when cancer gets a sense of humour? And when a late autism diagnosis changes how some healthcare professionals see cancer care? In this episode, we meet two men rewriting the…
Don't Make That First Cancer Decision Today. Here's Why.
'I wish I had understood the risks more clearly. My family made decisions they didn't fully understand...' This isn't a blame game, absolutely not - this is just life. Everyone is doing the very…
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After awareness, then what? #CancerCanDoOne. has published 49 episodes since March 2024, covering topics in Science, Society & Culture.
After awareness, then what? #CancerCanDoOne. is currently highly active with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 19m.
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