Mission: To make health a top priority for everyone in Northern Ireland.

Cancer: The world, Europe, Ireland, Northern Ireland, you
Promoting Health identifies the strategies and programmes which should ensure that cancer is being tackled head-on in Northern Ireland.

Helping smokers to quit
A key aim of the Tobacco Action Plan is to promote a coordinated approach to smoking cessation and prevention.

Cancer and lifestyle
An examination of the links between cancer and physical activity, nutrition and sexual health.

Prevention and early diagnosis
A summation of efforts to prevent or identify skin, oral, prostate, breast and cervical cancers in their early stages.

Regional cancer centre - centre of excellence
Promoting Health interviews Dr Seamus McAleer about the cancer centre at Belfast City Hospital.

Palliative care and health promotion
Dr Bernadette Corcoran argues that the aims of health promotion and palliative care overlap.

Developing nurse-led oncology services
Edel Aughey tells how the role of the Macmillan Oncology Nurse Practitioner is a good example of blurring professional boundaries.

Cancer talk in the classroom
Heather Monteverde details a tailored education programme aimed at increasing awareness about cancer.

Cancer prevention and the All-Ireland NCI Cancer Consortium
Dr Douglas Weed describes a unique cancer partnership involving the governments of Northern Ireland, Ireland and the United States.

Prevention is better than cure
Kieran McManus reviews the Cancer Care Ireland 2002 conference held in Belfast.

Cancer - an equality issue
Dr Denise Catney and Dr Anna Gavin consider the main equality issues surrounding cancer in Northern Ireland.

Voluntary sector and cancer
Some local cancer charities give an insight into the range and diversity of their work.

Cancer and the environment
Ian MacArthur considers some of the main environmental sources of cancer.

Platform: Sellafield - safe or unsound?
SDLP leader Mark Durkan and BNFL spokesman Dr Rex Strong argue the pros and cons of Sellafield.