Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will ask the Department to revert to Deputies Bruton and Staunton. I want to mention good progress in two other areas. Two new types of testing were introduced last year for specific treatments. The first was homologous recombination deficiency testing for treatment of ovarian cancer. The second test is for NTRK gene fusions, which can lead to cancers of the brain, head, neck, thyroid, soft tissue, lung and colon. Also, the NCCP breast family history project is under way. This will streamline and standardise the service for asymptomatic individuals at elevated risk of developing breast cancer due to their family history. We are approaching it both in terms of the identification through family and also through gene testing. I will get back to the Deputies on the waiting times for BRCA testing.

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