Covid delays ‘had no lasting impact’ on cancer survival rates, new NCRI report finds

NCRI director Professor Deirdre Murray said: 'The worry was that because of the initial drop in detection, people would present later with more advanced disease. This did not happen.' File picture

The National Cancer Registry Ireland has found “no evidence” delays to diagnosis during 2020 had a lasting impact on early cancer survival rates or deaths.

This follows years of concern that the limits on service during the early months of the pandemic meant cancer patients missed out on care or diagnosis.