Health
Nearly two in three cancer patients alive after five years, figures show – The Irish Times
Rising number of cases a ‘wake-up call’ for need to improve services, says charity
Nearly two out of every three patients who get cancer are still alive five years later as survival rates continue to improve, new figures show.
The five-year survival rate for cancer patients was 63 per cent for men and 61 per cent for women in 2012-16, up from 39 per cent and 46 per cent in 1994-99, according to the annual report of the National Cancer RegistryIreland (NCRI).
While survival rates vary hugely across different types of cancer, improvements have occurred for most forms of the disease.
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