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Survivor Story
Pancreatic cancer survivor Ivan McMinn says the day he called his two small children Saskia and Nicholas into his study to tell them he had pancreatic cancer, is one he will never forget
Bereavement Story
Rosie Strutt is 20-years-old. It was on her 16th birthday when her dad first went to hospital with symptoms of pancreatic cancer. She was 18 when he died.
Grainne (then 21), is one of a number of children and young people who have lost a parent to pancreatic cancer taking part in NIPANC’s 2022 #TimeMatters Campaign.
Kerry Doherty is 18 and lives in Aghalee. She has just passed her A-levels and is studying Law with Criminology at the University of Ulster. Her dad, Gerald Doherty was 44 when he died of pancreatic cancer. She was just 11 years old and starting first year.
Ellie Irvine is the daughter of Kerry Irvine, one of our founding members. At the age of five Ellie and her brother Nathan, then eight, lost her dad Noel to the disease. He died in 2011 at just 54 years-old.
Eddie Carson is 33-years-old and lives in Donaghadee. His mum, Sandra Carson, was just 52 when she passed away to pancreatic cancer on August 20th 2014.
It was Catherine Graham’s 25th birthday when her dad, Gerard gave her the devastating news, he had pancreatic cancer.
Susan Cooke - a founding member of NIPANC - lost her husband Colin (45) to pancreatic cancer in February 2013 just eleven weeks after he was diagnosed
Barbara Morris says, her underlying fitness and otherwise good health is a big reason for her still being alive today.
Tom Hawthorne is among only five percent of people to survive a devastating diagnosis of pancreatic cancer past five years
Powerful personal testimony from NIPANC Board Member and Senior Civil Servant Brian Grzymek about his wife Caroline’s pancreatic journey
My name is Gary Carson and I currently serve as Secretary on the NI Pancreatic Cancer (NIPANC) Board.