Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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101. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women who have been diagnosed with stage four cervical cancer here in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018. [50782/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Based on data from the National Cancer Registry, the number of women who have been diagnosed with Stage IV cervical cancer in the Republic of Ireland in each of the years 2015 to 2017 is set out as follows:

These figures relate to the stage at the time of the patient’s initial diagnosis with cervical cancer, or within a window of up to 4 months after diagnosis date. While the figures are believed to be substantially complete, it is possible that a small number of late registrations of Stage IV cases may be added to the Registry files.

The National Cancer Registry advise that figures for 2018 are not yet available.