Missed cancer treatment targets 'extremely worrying', says Irish Cancer Society

Irish Cancer Society CEO Averil Power said that they were concerned about ongoing delays within the cancer treatment system. Picture: 

The HSE is continually missing its targets to get 90% of cancer patients into treatment within 15 days, as the Irish Cancer Society say the latest trends are “extremely worrying”.

The latest figures from the HSE this year show that just 58.3% of cancer patients at St Luke’s Hospital started radiotherapy within 15 working days of being deemed fit for treatment.