HOW TO DONATE TO THE ST ANN / ST MARY BRANCH
Donors can access Pay Pal through the main website: jamaicacancersociety.org or click the Paypal button which will take you there.
Donors can access Pay Pal through the main website: jamaicacancersociety.org or click the Paypal button which will take you there.
- The PayPal form states purpose ‘supporting the Jamaica Cancer Society’ and is referenced ‘donation to Cancer Society’.
- Once the donor enter their details including amount on this ‘first page’, another menu drops down enabling the donor to add special instructions. So it is at this point that you can specify that your donation is to: St. Ann and St. Mary Relay for Relay for Life’ .
- Your donation will help us continue the fight.
Lets Paint Ochi "PINK" again NEXT year. See some of this years photos just click on the photo above. Feel free to download any photo you like..
PLEASE SHOW YOUR SUPPORT AND HELP US MAKE IT EASIER FOR PERSONS TO BE TESTED.
SOME PHOTOS FROM LAST FRIDAY'S MAMMOGRAM DAY. THE FIRST OF 4 DAYS OF TESTING FOR THOSE WHO REGISTER WITH THE OFFICE. THE FIRST THREE DAYS ARE FULLY BOOKED, HOWEVER, THE 25TH OF OCTOBER STILL HAVE A FEW PLACES REMAINING, SO CONTACT OR VISIT THE OFFICE TO REGISTER FOR YOUR TEST.
Making a difference: Is what we do.....
Great effort from some of our survivors who spent all of last Saturday in Ocho Rios, asking for donations. well done all.
Letter Of The Day | Urgent Need For Mobile Mammography Unit |
July 1991, I had applied for a post that mandated an executive profile (comprehensive medical) would have to be undertaken. So at age 37 I had my first Digital Rectal Examination (DRE) and blood test for Prostate Cancer (PSA-Prostate Specific Antigen). Thereafter, I would do medicals on an ad hoc basis or only if I was ill and one was required.
As I approached the age of 50, my doctor Dr Clive Anderson ensured each year the blood tests including the test for PSA were done and preferably at the same laboratory each time. I thank him for taking this detailed and caring approach as well as his insistence that the tests were always done. Conducting the blood test to establish each man’s baseline PSA reading is important as that becomes the reference point against which his subsequent PSA results are compared. In May 2009, my PSA readings started to trend upwards compared to the previous levels so Dr Anderson promptly referred me to urologist Dr Trevor Tulloch. Dr Tulloch immediately told me, and you guessed it, I had to have my second DRE as well as reordered PSA testing but now every six months and not every year as I had been doing before. By June 2010, my PSA level had risen to 3.58 and a biopsy was done to confirm an aggressive prostate cancer. During this time it should be noted that except for me doing the “wiggly dance” as my dear wife Winsome called it at nights when I was opening the door when we got home and needed to urinate, there were no other signs or symptoms, no pain or no burning during urination, no blood in urine or no loss of bladder control. Dr Tulloch called Winsome and I to his office and told us his findings and discussed the various procedures available for treatment, asked us to do our own research and decide. We told him we would do so and would give him our response when we returned from a previously planned July 2010 family vacation with our two daughters. We all went off and had a great time together. But not before holding in-depth discussions over brunch with two couples that are friends of ours that had experienced what we were facing then. Both couples were a big help in allaying some of the initial anxiety and we thank them again for their support. Support of your spouse, family, friends, co-worker and neighbours is so important as they are able to reduce or remove some of the personal and domestic stresses that arise during treatment and recovery. I cannot thank Winsome enough for her support, care and understanding. Thanks Winnie!! Winsome and I returned and told Dr Tulloch of our decision to do a radical prostatectomy, ie. removal of the prostate gland. This was done in September 2010 and thank God, in a few days it will be nine years since my procedure was done, PSA readings remain great, working and enjoying life day by day with no major complaints at all. I want to commend the work that the Jamaica Cancer Society is doing to engage the public and encourage our adult males to get tested. Prostate cancer is not a death sentence; I am living testimony of this. I encourage the public to support the work of the Cancer Society and volunteer with them. I am happy to be associated with ‘Brothers United Against Prostate Cancer’, a male support group initiated by a group from the Webster United Church Men of Purpose. This group was formed with the sole purpose of offering spiritual and emotional support to newly discovered prostate cancer patients and cancer survivors. Spouses, mothers and daughters… Ladies please help us to implore all men over 45 years old to have the DRE and blood test for Prostate Cancer (PSA-Prostate Specific Antigen) done as a matter of urgency. Ten seconds of slight discomfort is worth more than the rest of a lifetime in pain and misery. |
VISIT OUR SHOP AND FIND SOMETHING THAT YOU LIKE !!!!
Support us by buying one of our specially designed watches at Jewel and Time, Island Village Ocho Rios.
Part proceeds goes the St Ann & St Mary Branch.
its a Wonderful Gift and shows your support..
www.jewelsandtime.com/
Part proceeds goes the St Ann & St Mary Branch.
its a Wonderful Gift and shows your support..
www.jewelsandtime.com/
OLIVE BRANCH OF HOPE 'WOMEN'S HEALTH' SYMPOSIUM
On Saturday the 26 May, the ladies of The Olive Branch of Hope" from Canada held their 'Women's Health Symposium at the Runaway Bay Tabernacle in Runaway Bay st Ann. The event was part of their Caribbean Breast Cancer Assistance Program, (CBCAP). opening remarks and Greeting were presented by Mrs Winsome Johnson, Co Founder / Director of Supportive Care and Mrs. Leila Springer CPLC, founder and and CEO of the Organisation. The event was attended by Mrs. Norma Walters, Custos Rotulorum of St Ann. A special donation was also presented by the group to, The St Ann and St Mary Branch of the Jamaica Cancer Society branch Manager, Mrs. Marilyn Williams.
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JAMAICA CANCER SOCIETY ST. ANN & ST. MARY BRANCH
******** THRIFT SALE ********* EVERY LAST FRIDAY OF EACH MONTH OCEAN VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTRE >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We welcome and appreciate donations of good quality women’s & men’s clothing; handbags/bags; Children’s clothes; household items; fashion jewellery; toys; books; ornaments/curios |
YOUTH ANTI-TOBACCO POSTER COMPETITION PRESENTATION OF PRIZES TO THE WINNERS. see photos
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The New Pins commissioned by the St Ann & St Mary Branch of the Jamaica Cancer Society, are now available for purchase.- Please Contact the Branch @:
[email protected]
or call:
974- 2790 for details..
Pins are still available at the branch, please give us your support by purchasing one of our original Cancer pin. These are specially minted for the St Ann & St Mary branch. PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE. PRICE JA $ 500 EA
[email protected]
or call:
974- 2790 for details..
Pins are still available at the branch, please give us your support by purchasing one of our original Cancer pin. These are specially minted for the St Ann & St Mary branch. PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE. PRICE JA $ 500 EA
Pictures from Previous Relay for Life. Come out and enjoy a great evening and if you can manage, stay the whole night with us and have fun while your helping in the fight against cancer.
Jewels & Time's Hummingbird Watch to help cancer victims---- Click to see Gleaner article
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The Jamaica Cancer Society is a non-profit, non-governmental organization which was established in 1955 with a mandate to fight and defeat cancer in all its form. Through its mission “to eliminate cancer as a major health problem in Jamaica” the Jamaica Cancer Society provides the Jamaican public with a range of cancer control and prevention services which includes fixed and mobile screening for cancer of the breast, cervix uteri, and prostate at a highly subsidized user fee. Its public health education programmes on cancer of the breast, cervix uteri, prostate, lung, and colon are offered free of charge to corporate organisations, churches, schools, service and community groups. The Society also offers to the medical community, CME credits to participate in its medical symposiums. Provision of counselling and support for newly diagnosed cancer patients and their families extends to hospital and home visits. Through its fundraising efforts, the Society offers financial aid to its most vulnerable customers to access diagnostic checks, surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy services.
Cancer Statistics In Jamaica According to the Jamaica Cancer Registry at the University of the West Indies, a total of 4981 cancers were recorded in Kingston and St. Andrew during the period 2003 to 2007 – 2536 in males and 2445 in females. Cancer of the prostate, breast, cervix, large bowel and bronchus remain the five most prevalent cancers in Jamaica. There were increases in the incidence of prostate cancer (ASR 65.5 vs 78.1 per 100,000 per annum), for colorectal cancer (ASR 13.7 vs 17.2 per 100,000 per annum), for cancer of the breast (ASR 40.1 vs 43 per 100,000 per annum). There was a decrease in the incidence of cancer of the bronchus (ASR 22.8 vs 18.6 per 100,000 per annum) and cancer of the cervix (ASR19 vs 17.4 per 100,000 per annum). In males the leading sites for cancer were prostate, bronchus and large bowel while in females the leading sites were breast, cervix uteri, and large bowel. Data for 2008 to 2012 are expected to be published by mid 2015. |
Map for Turtle River Park Ocho Rios
You are here because you want to learn about cancer; the risk factors involved,
methods of prevention, treatment and more.
Feel free to get in touch with us, in case you have any questions
or want more information about the services we offer.
These services include Mobile Pap Smear Screening, Mobile Mammography,
Counseling Services, Outreach Programmes and Survivors Club.
The use of the song "Cancer" by the St.Ann & St.Mary Branch has been approved by Influential.