Improved infrastructure, quicker access to novel drugs, and a better uptake of screening are the main things Ireland could improve on in order to achieve better cancer outcomes, a Cork oncologist has said.
It comes as the European Commission’s country cancer profile 2025 report, which compares Ireland’s performance in several areas to other EU countries, was published recently. Consultant medical oncologist in Cork University Hospital, Richard Bambury, told there was good and bad highlighted in the report.
“Overall the report is relatively positive,” Dr Bambury said. “Ireland is at or above level of most European countries in terms of cancer care, treatment and outcomes.
“The high instance of cancer diagnosis in Ireland compared to the European average might be due to an ageing population,” Dr Bambury…