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Around one in seven people discover they have cancer only after going to a hospital emergency department – while Covid-19 led to more delayed diagnoses in the second year of the pandemic.
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Late presentation remains common for cancers affecting the head and neck, pancreas and lung, with consequent poor outcomes
Early indicators suggest a return to expected rates of cancer diagnoses in 2022
Around one in seven people discover they have cancer only after going to a hospital emergency department – while Covid-19 led to more delayed diagnoses in the second year of the pandemic.
Cancer rates in Ireland likely returned to normal levels last year after the pandemic saw diagnoses fall by ten per cent in 2020 and four per cent in