Ann McBrien
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Former NHS accountant | Metastatic breast cancer patient, committed to cancer research and delivering improvements in cancer care| 5kYourWay Ambassador #bcsm
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Joined January 2015
@CCampbell162 @macmillancancer @NIHospice @AIIHPC @hospiceuk @UCANIRELAND Thank you Christine, on behalf of all of us. Evidence of need for palliative care ⬇️ Self-expressed needs and gaps in our care of metastatic breast cancer (MBC): An all-Ireland patient-led online survey (CTRIAL-IE 23-05). | Journal of Clinical Oncology
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12058Background: Therapeutic advances have improved MBC survival rates, but patient self-expressed information needs have not been evaluated in Ireland to date. Heretofore, the patient’s voice has...
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Thank you for the invitation to speak at todays launch. I was privileged to represent those who shared their Lived Experience with the committee to advocate for improvements in service delivery. Our work is just beginning. @macmillancancer @NIHospice @UCANIRELAND @AIIHPC
Delighted to chair today’s launch of the @niahealth report on its Inquiry into Access to Palliative Care Services. You can view the report here: https://t.co/q1jc76j2kb
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It was a privilege to be invited to speak at the launch of the report and represent those who shared their lived experience of #PalliativeCare . Now the work begins to drive implementation of the recommendations. @macmillancancer @NIHospice @AIIHPC @hospiceuk @UCANIRELAND 👇
The Health Committee has launched a report of its Inquiry into Access to Palliative Care Services at an event in Parliament Buildings. The report will be debated in the Assembly Chamber this afternoon. You can view the report here: https://t.co/wu9CbKl0xR
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A major inquiry by Stormont's Health Committee has found that palliative care services are failing terminally-ill patients and their families, with the challenge of accessing support causing long-term trauma. https://t.co/PlNvdQ4ZtI
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A major inquiry by Stormont's Health Committee has found that palliative care services are failing terminally-ill patients and their families. | UTV News
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The Health Minister has published a new Cancer Research Strategic Framework for Northern Ireland. Minister Nesbitt said the framework showed a "clear commitment to strengthening cancer research in Northern Ireland". 👉 Read more: https://t.co/DnCffBBaEl
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📢 Just published! BIG’s Patient Partnership shows how people with lived experience can shape global breast cancer research. 🎀🌍 A model for research with patients, not just for them. BIG thank you to our patient partners! 💞 https://t.co/GiFPHI3gdp
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In some circumstances, treating advanced cancer with absolute contempt and sheer defiance alone is the best option. Until that day arrives, I would prefer to have the option to treat advanced cancer with the best possible systemic therapy that is available on planet earth.
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Delighted that @CCampbell162 has been awarded 2025 Laura Brennan Award for excellence in Advocacy. Christine works tirelessly & selflessly as a patient advocate to help others. So well deserved. 🙏 @kevinbrennan52. So proud to have her as a friend.
The Irish Society of Gynaecological Oncology is delighted to announce Christine Campbell @CCampbell162 as the recipient of the 2025 Laura Brennan Award for excellence in Advocacy and #PPI Congratulations, you epitomise the spirit of this award @kevinbrennan52
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Yesterday we lost 2 of the greatest patient advocates I have worked alongside across UK & Ireland. •Jo @abcdiagnosis, founder of @METUPUKorg •Niamh @hole_cancer, co-founder of @IEColonCancer & @UCANIRELAND Wise,determined women who worked tirelessly & selflessly for others💔💔.
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We’re deeply saddened by the loss of our colleague and friend Jo Taylor whose work transformed care for people living with metastatic breast cancer. Her legacy will continue to change lives. @abcdiagnosis @METUPUKorg
https://t.co/iw9NoOj3Sa
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Cycle #109 cancer treatment for stage 4/ metastatic breast cancer at @BelfastTrust NI Cancer Centre, followed by the traditional ice cream 🍦at Al Gelato @55Alastair with my two godchildren. #IceChemo
#GratefulForLife
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Very pleased with the response to the “Second Opinions with John Crown” podcast. Episode #5 now out wherever you get your pods. Interview with Dr Sara Hurvitz Chief of Oncology @fredhutch concerning latest developments in breast cancer treatment. Please re post
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ABC8 guidelines consensus session in progress. An amazing panel of experts working together for the development of international consensus guidelines for the management of #AdvancedBreastCancer
#ABClisbon
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Honoured the metastatic breast cancer data research I campaigned for & coauthored with @NICanReg was recognised in @ABCGlobalAll Decade Report 2015-25, launched at #ABC8 today. 🙏 for kind words from Dr Fatima Cardoso, @LesleycStephen, Prof Charlotte Coles and @vicki_durston.
Goal 2: ABC Cancer Registries: not there yet! New review from @ABCGlobalAll calls for global action to collect high-quality #AdvancedBreastCancer data. Better data = better care, equity & outcomes. Every person with #MBC must be counted by 2035. #ABCLisbon #ABC8 #metastaticBC
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Fatima Cardoso opens ABC8! Excited to participate. 1st talk an excellent discussion about living with MBC by Lesley Stephen - beautiful talk, amazing ongoing work by pts living with MBC, and a tribute to those who are not. @ABCGlobalAll @OncoAlert
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Announcing the launch of the Brain & Leptomeningeal Metastases Resource Hub. A wonderful collaboration between ABC Global Alliance and BIG-NCTN !
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Welcome to the Advanced Breast Cancer Global Alliance Eighth International Consensus Conference as President Fatima Cardoso officially opens the conference. 'A Decade Reviewed, A Future Defined' @abcglobalall #ABCLisbon #advancedBC #advancedbreastcancer #metastaticBC #BCmets
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🧵#OralCancer Awareness Month. We're exploring Patient & Public Involvement in Head & Neck Cancer Research. Watch the 1st in a series of new vids: The role of the NI Cancer Research and Consumer Forum Head & Neck Subgroup in Research @TheBDA @CancerFocusNI @nicancertrials (1/2)
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Huge thanks to @CancerFocusNI for funding this important reresearch 🙏.
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One of the extracts from the ABC Global Decade Report (2015-2025) recognising NI research as making a significant contribution to progress in metastatic breast cancer globally over the past 10 years. Also featured in a special edition of The Breast. #PuttingSecondsFirst
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