Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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849. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with colorectal cancer at stage I, stage II, stage III and stage IV in each year since 2014, in tabular form. [9925/22]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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850. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with breast cancer at stage I, stage II, stage III and stage IV in each year since 2014 in tabular form. [9926/22]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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851. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with cervical cancer at stage I, stage II, stage III and stage IV in each year since 2014, in tabular form. [9927/22]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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852. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with ovarian cancer at stage I, stage II, stage III and stage IV in each year since 2014, in tabular form. [9928/22]

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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854. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancers diagnosed by stage in each year since 2013, in tabular form. [9930/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 849, 850, 851, 852 and 854 together.

The National Cancer Registry Ireland (NCRI) is charged with collecting and classifying information on all cancer cases that occur in Ireland. NCRI data is used widely in the development of cancer services, service planning and in monitoring progress being made under the National Cancer Strategy.

Based on the most recent staging data provided by the NCRI, the stage at diagnosis for breast, lung, colorectal, cervical and ovarian cancer (2014-2018) is as follows:

These figures relate to the stage at the time of the patient’s initial diagnosis, or within a window of up to 4 months after diagnosis date.

Proportions of cases with unknown (as-yet-unassigned) stage is higher in the most recent years reflecting incompleteness of clinical stage information for 2018 at the time of analysis.

It is possible that a small number of late registrations of Stage IV cases may be added as data is further validated.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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853. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cancers by type diagnosed in emergency departments since 2014, in tabular form. [9929/22]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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In 2018, the National Cancer Registry Ireland (NCRI), in conjunction with the Irish Cancer Society (ICS) published a report entitled “Diagnosing Cancer in an Emergency: Patterns of Emergency Presentation in Ireland 2002-2015”.

This Report showed that the percentage of cancers presenting as emergencies has fallen from 20% (2002-2005) to 14% (2009-2015). Based on updated NCRI analyses, and excluding cases whose mode of presentation was not known, most recently available data shows that emergency presentations accounted for 13.9% of cases diagnosed during 2015-2017. No breakdown of emergency presentation by year is yet available through the NCRI.

The National Cancer Strategy contains recommendations that specifically seek to improve awareness of symptoms. The combined approach of early detection, awareness and education campaigns (with particular focus on those most at risk), and cancer prevention measures will work to reduce the number of cancers presenting as emergencies, as well as ensuring that the public remain informed of lifestyle changes that can reduce their risk of developing cancer.