Clinics diagnose 1,000 with prostate cancer in 2013

Just over 1,000 men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in the National Cancer Control Programme Rapid Access Clinics last year. The newly established clinics saw 2,583 men and 1,050 were diagnosed with the disease.

The numbers being seen are expected to have increased significantly this year with all eight rapid access clinics now open. NCCP director, Dr Susan O’Reilly, said the clinics achieved a diagnosis rate of 41%.

This showed a good service was being provided where GPs refer patients into the system. The data was discussed yesterday at the National Cancer Control Programme Prostate Cancer Quality and Audit Forum at Farmleigh House, Dublin.