BCI Research Centre
One of the key strategic initiatives of BCI is to support Irish centres of excellence so that we can deliver world class research, improve patient care and deliver greater long term development of research infrastructure. The BCI Research Centre is located within the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and has 14 full time scientific, researchers and postgraduate medical students employed. The Centre provides a world class research environment...
Facts and Figures
...lect and collate all patient tissue and serum samples into one large centralised area so that Clinicians and Scientists nationally can now have access to the full 2800 new cases diagnosed annually – thereby speeding up our research discovery output We continue to support our Research Laboratories with relevant equipment, consumables, recruitment & retention of key research staff/fellow We continue to participate in World-wide Clinical Trials...
Research
...lot more to be achieved with the help of Breast Cancer Ireland. Breast Cancer Ireland aims to transform Breast Cancer from often being a fatal disease (689 deaths annually) to a treatable illness that can be maintained long-term through treatment. Speed of research discovery will ultimately achieve this vision of reducing the threat of breast cancer. The research landscape has changed dramatically over the past ten years. Previously all...
Breakthrough in Breast Cancer Research
...tionally. By tracking and scanning blood samples for known faulty genes, researchers are now able to detect the cancer tumour, on average 7 months before clinical progression. As well as raising funds to support pioneering research nationally, BCI also invests in the recruitment of specialist breast cancer research nurses for each of the designated cancer centres. Their role is to collaborate across centres, collecting tissue and serum samples...
Breast Cancer Research Centre
One of the key strategic initiatives of Breast Cancer Ireland is to support Irish centres of excellence so that we can deliver world class research, improve patient care and deliver greater long term development of research infrastructure. The Breast Cancer Ireland Research Centre is located within the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and has 14 full time scientific, researchers and postgraduate medical students employed. The Breast Cancer...
Male Breast Cancer
...said he’s like to do an biopsy. It all happened very quickly, bang bang, bang. They rang two days later and asked me to come in. That’s when they told me: infiltrating ductal carcinoma, that’s the technical term. Stephen admits that such news “takes you back a bit, hearing something like that.” But, he adds, the very next sentence from the specialist was crucial: “He said, ‘It’s very...
About Us
...es nationally as well as to promote education & awareness on the importance of breast health amongst women of all ages. OUR VISION We want to transform Breast Cancer from often being a fatal disease into a treatable long term illness MISSION We aim to achieve our Vision by speeding up Breast Cancer research discovery times in Ireland GOALS To create a National Bio & Patient Profiling Resource – where the eight designated cancer centres...
