NCRI in the news
New HIQA Report Assesses Ireland s Readiness for the European Health Data Space Regulation
The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has today published new analysis on health data holders in Ireland and the secondary use of health data under the European Health Data Space (EHDS…
How Investing in Employee Wellbeing Drives Employee Retention
Employee wellbeing plays a critical role in how organisations attract and retain their people. But beyond policies and programmes, what does meaningful investment in employee wellbeing actually look…
CAR T cell therapy A new chapter in multiple myeloma treatment
Professor Gordon Cook says careful patient selection is needed with CAR-T cell therapy, noting its potential in a disease seeking a cure herapeutic options for multiple myeloma have substantially…
Call for Cork volunteers to assist with Daffodil Day on Friday
About 42,000 tumours are diagnosed here every year, with more than half of them invasive. About 9,800 people die every year from cancer, and the HSE says that four in every 10 cancers is preventable…
Incidence rates for number of urological cancers stable or falling
Rising case numbers attributed to older population, with overall underlying risk remaining flat or decreasing over the last 30 years, report finds The incidence rates for a range of urological…
No evidence that Covid had lasting impact on cancer outcomes
Number of new cancer diagnoses dropped 27 per cent in spring 2020 as pandemic took hold halting GP visits and screening programmes There is no evidence of a lasting impact on early cancer survival or…
Cancer outcomes remain stable despite COVID chaos
In 2022, Taoiseach Micheál Martin warned Fianna Fáil TDs the country was facing a “frightening wave of delayed cancer diagnoses”. Cancer treatment outcomes have remained stable in recent years, a “…
Cancer survival in Ireland held steady despite Covid 19 hospital disruptions
Despite early Covid-19 service disruptions, there is no evidence that delayed diagnoses led to worse outcomes for patients. SURVIVAL RATES FOR cancer patients in Ireland held firm during the Covid-19…
Pandemic had no lasting impact on cancer survival study
Survival rates for all cancers in 2020-2021 remained in line with previous years (Stock image) There is no evidence of a lasting impact on early cancer survival or mortality in Ireland due to the…
Cancer outcomes in Ireland stayed stable during pandemic study finds
Despite initial slowdown in diagnoses, ‘health services recovered at pace’ By 2022, the number of diagnosed cancer cases had largely returned to expected levels with no sustained shift toward more…
Cancer registry finds no evidence delay in diagnosis during pandemic had impact on survival rates
NCRI director Professor Deirdre Murray said: 'The worry was that because of the initial drop in detection, people would present later with more advanced disease. This did not happen.' File picture…
Cancer survival rates in Ireland not impacted by Covid 19 hospital disruption report finds
‘Ireland’s cancer outcomes stayed strong through one of the most difficult periods in modern healthcare,’ the National Cancer Registry Ireland report says There were major concerns that there would…