CUH cancer medics want their 'game-changing and lifesaving' trial extended

‘Mainstreaming’ pilot reduces patients' test wait time from two years to four weeks and has been described as a game-changer

CUH surgical oncologist Mark Corrigan said the mainstreaming pilot programme at CUH 'is having a transformative effect on cancer care'. Picture: Denis Minihane

Cancer doctors are hoping that a lifesaving trial at  Cork University Hospital (CUH) — which is reducing patients’ wait for genetic testing from two years to just four weeks — will be made permanent.

Medics say the ‘mainstreaming’ pilot project is a game-changer in the battle against the disease.