More people than ever surviving cancer in Ireland

More people are surviving cancer in Ireland than ever before, the Irish Cancer Society has said.

More people than ever surviving cancer in Ireland
Mon, 20 Mar, 2017 - 08:28

More people are surviving cancer in Ireland than ever before, the Irish Cancer Society has said.

The charity said that survival rates for the disease now stand at six in 10, compared with four in 10 in 1997.

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