Interviews
Irish Examiner
Tackling cancer: ‘I’ve had a lot of surgeries — Dad and I were a tag team’.
The Echo
Cork author of a new book: I have got unfinished business with cancer.
Red FM
Cork woman says her book telling her & her fathers cancer stories is about hope, love & resilience.
Farmers Journal
Finding hope to cope with loss, cancer and life’s challenges.
RSVP Live
Cancer survivor Katherine Dolphin Griffin spreading hope as she shows there is a life after the disease.
Irish Cancer Society
Cork local Katherine Dolphin Griffin was thirty-seven years old when she began to notice some changes in her voice.
Cork Independent
Cork author and schoolteacher Katherine Dolphin is one of those people that you hear about on the radio…
Connacht Tribune
When Portumna man Joe Dolphin was diagnosed with cancer in 2008, his daughter and best ally Katherine…
The Echo
AN awards ceremony with a difference took place in the Maryborough House Hotel last Thursday night…
Virgin Media
A former cancer patient who wrote about her experience with the disease has donated two brand new cars…
RSVP Live
The Cork woman has raised an amazing €100 thousand towards the Irish Cancer Society and Marymount Hospice…
Katherine’s
Testimonial Advert
Katherine’s innate resolve to engage fully in life has seen her star – in a Ted Baker dress — in a VHI TV ad that has run across all major channels since 2017.
Book Signing Events
Please see below all the upcoming book signing events:
October 22nd – Dunnes Stores Charleville
October 29th – Dunnes Stores St Stephen’s Green
November 4th – Dunnes Stores Cornells Court
November 5th – Dunnes Stores Liffey Valley
November 12th – Dunnes Stores Terryland Galway
November 19th – Dunnes Stores Carlow
November 25th, 26th & 27th Ballymaloe Winter Craft Fair
December 3rd – Dunnes Stores Bishopstwon, Bandon Road Cork
December 10th – Dunnes Jetlands Limerick
December 16th – Dunnes Ballyvolane Cork
December 17th – Dunnes Patrick’s Street Cork
December 18th – The Marina Market Cork
Learn more
What is thyroid cancer?
The thyroid is a gland at the base of the neck, just below the Adam’s apple. It sits on top of the windpipe, below the voicebox (larynx).Thyroid cancer happens when cells in the thyroid change and start to grow in an abnormal way.
Main symptoms:
Lump in neck (painless or painful), which gradually gets bigger.
Difficulty in swallowing or breathing.
Changes to voice, including hoarseness.
These symptoms can be caused by conditions other than cancer. Most lumps in front of the neck are not cancer but it’s still important to go to the GP and get any unusual changes checked out.
Risk factors:
The cause of thyroid cancer is unknown but risk factors that can increase chances of developing it include:
Age — most cases occur in people over 40.
Gender — women are more at risk than men.
Certain benign thyroid diseases, for example, enlarged thyroid (goitre), thyroid nodules (adenomas) or inflamed thyroid (thyroiditis).
Low level of iodine in the diet. Iodine is found in a range of foods including fish, milk, dairy products and eggs.
Family history — you’re more at risk if a family member has had medullary thyroid cancer.
Inherited faulty gene, for example, the RET gene may cause medullary thyroid cancer and the bowel condition, familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) may lead to thyroid cancer.
Overactive or underactive thyroid does not increase the risk of developing thyroid cancer.
Having a risk factor doesn’t mean you’ll get cancer. People with no risk factors also get it. If worried, talk to your GP or call Irish Cancer Society 1800 200700.
Hope to Cope 