Derek Nolan (Galway West, Labour)
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1243. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons here who are diagnosed with primary peritoneal cancer each year; if any awareness raising campaigns have been undertaken in relation to the disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47044/13]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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Fewer than 20 cases of invasive peritoneal cancer are diagnosed on average per year in Ireland. Cancers of the peritoneum are most likely to arise from secondary spread from another intra-abdominal cancer. Because of this, and the low incidence involved, it is not proposed to undertake an awareness campaign focused on peritoneal cancer. Meanwhile, efforts to raise cancer awareness more broadly will continue.