Risk of cancer epidemic if health systems and research not urgently prioritised, says professor
“With the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, Brexit and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it is more important than ever that Europe develops a resilient cancer research landscape to play a transformative role in improving prevention, diagnosis, treatment and quality-of-life for current and future patients and those living beyond cancer,” according to Prof Mark Lawler of Queen’s University Belfast, lead author of the commission.
According to the report, Ireland had the lowest amount of cancer research of any of the original European Union states, though cross-Border co-operation between the Republic and Northern Ireland is cited as an exemplar for other countries. Europe is heading towards a cancer epidemic in the next decade if cancer health systems and cancer research are not urgently prioritised, he said.The commission analysed data on the impact of the pandemic across Europe and found clinicians saw 1.5 million fewer patients with cancer in the first year of the pandemic, with one in two patients with cancer not receiving surgery or chemotherapy in a timely manner. In addition, 100 million cancer screening tests were missed.
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