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Superbus takes lead in mobile cancer battle
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A [Pound]1m state-of-the-art superbus that will deliver a unique
mobile cancer screening service for more than 10,000 Ulster people,
hits the road in September.The Action Cancer vehicle will house
digital mammography, counselling and complementary therapy rooms, a
training suite, hi-tech computer terminals and a crèche.The 14
metre-long articulated unit, which is to be supplied by Brown's
Coachworks, Lisburn, will have expanding sides which double the
interior space.The Big Bus will al...
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Chance visit to cancerbus that saved my life ; Charity celebrates first anniversary of service
Belfast Telegraph
; Joan Cowan (49), from Kells, was yesterday helping Action Cancer celebrate the first anniversary of its Big Bus service at a Stormont event. The Newtownabbey Borough Council employee said that, without the facility, which visited her workplace in March, there was every possibility she still
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SuperValu project keeps the Big Bus wheels in motion.(Business)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
; INDEPENDENT retail group SuperValu plans to raise thousands of pounds for its community partner Action Cancer in a hectic week of fundraising, which aims to keep the wheels of the charity's new Big Bus service moving. The Big Bus, a state-of-the-art mobile cancer screening and health promotion
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Superbus provides doorstep screening
Belfast Telegraph
; A new Pounds 1.5 million superbus - the first of its type in Europe - hit the road today in Northern Ireland,to deliver a unique mobile screening service. Gloria Hunniford, whose daughter Caron Keating lost her seven-year battle with cancer in 2004, was in Belfast to help launch Action Cancer's BIG
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Superbus takes lead in mobile cancer battle
Belfast Telegraph
; A [Pound]1m state-of-the-art superbus that will deliver a unique mobile cancer screening service for more than 10,000 Ulster people, hits the road in September.The Action Cancer vehicle will house digital mammography, counselling and complementary therapy rooms, a training suite, hi-tech computer
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Mobile cancer unit's last tour after 28 years
Belfast Telegraph
; It is the end of the road for one of Ulster's most important health detection services.After 28 years, 200,000 miles and the monitoring of 70,000 women, Action Cancer's mobile service has carried out its final trip. The detection unit completed a visit to Supervalu in Portstewart yesterday, the
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Cancer care hits the road.(News)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
; Byline: BY DAVID YOUNG d.young@newsletter.co.uk GLORIA Hunniford was back in Ulster yesterday to launch a mobile unit that will provide cancer services to 10,000 people a year in the Province. The TV presenter was at Hillsborough Castle for the unveiling of Action Cancer's Big Bus - a pounds 1.5
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'Big bus' leads drive in fighting cancer
Belfast Telegraph
; A LISBURN firm of coach builders is to construct a 'Big Bus' to be used as a cancer screening and health promotion unit.Brown's Coachworks at Moira Road has secured the [Pound]650,000 order from Action Cancer and sponsor SuperValu hard on the heels of a contract to build two fire engines forthePort
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A chance remark at dinner saved my life Businessman backingcampaign over male cancer risks
Belfast Telegraph
; Brian Brown has made a full recovery since he was diagnosed with cancer years before symptoms would have surfaced, on the back of a catalogue of coincidences sparked by a conversation with friends over dinner about sesame seeds. The 60-year-old grandfather is backing Action Cancer's Action Man
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Over 2,000 step aboard the Big Bus
Belfast Telegraph
; This includes 1,100 women who have been screened for breast cancer using hi-tech digital screening equipment, with four new cancers being detected each month. More than 500 men have also used health promotion services. Geraldine Kerr of Action Cancer said: "It is now a major priority for us to
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New Derry office for Action Cancer ; Province sees 900 new cases of disease each year
Belfast Telegraph
; ... service. "To be considered as good as them was something that meant a lot." Sandra said she is considering this, but welcomed the news that the Action Cancer will be opening a new office in the city saying: "The services are not only available but they are incredibly ...
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