Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 10 April 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Funding and Implementation of the National Cancer Strategy: Discussion
Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Professor Kennedy mentioned in his opening statement that between 1994 and 1998 just 44% of Irish patients were alive five years after a cancer diagnosis and this has improved in 2018 to 65%. Literally thousands of people are alive today and have gone on to have families and have lives and all that goes with that because of the cancer strategies and investment. The figure in 2018 was 65%. By 2026 what does Professor Kennedy expect that figure to be?
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