My body is doing all it can to keep me alive: Women living with cancer share their stories
Survival rates for those with invasive cancer have jumped by 50% in 10 years, thanks to ongoing medical improvements. Three women talk about living well despite their stage 4 diagnosis
We talk to three women who are living well with invasive cancer.
The news is good onadvanced cancer. Never better in fact. Just last week, National Cancer Registry Ireland reported a more than 50% increase in numbers of cancer survivors compared with 10 years ago.
The NCRI’s 2022 Annual Statistical Report: Cancer in Ireland, 1994 — 2020, confirmed for the first time the number of patients living after an invasive cancer diagnosis has exceeded 200,000, equivalent to 1 in 24 people in Ireland.
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