'We are invisible': Survey finds gaps in treatment of women with advanced breast cancer

'We are invisible': Survey finds gaps in treatment of women with advanced breast cancer

Siobhan Gaynor: 'The experiences of patients with different cancers is more alike than different.'

Women with advanced breast cancer are living longer thanks to better treatment but they are “invisible” in services which could support their changed lives, a patient and scientist has warned.

Siobhan Gaynor identified “shocking” gaps in care through her own treatment and now through a survey carried out with Cancer Trials Ireland.

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