Johnny Guirke
Question:261. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of persons receiving chemotherapy in each month from January 2015 to date in 2020, in tabular form. [30441/20]
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The HSE's National Cancer Control Programme advises that the following table sets out the number of new patients starting Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) in the years 2015 to July 2020.
The 2020 data is subject to a final verification process.
Systemic Therapy New Patients Starting Treatment
|
Years |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Total |
|
2020 |
773 |
629 |
588 |
548 |
619 |
598 |
646 |
4,401 |
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|
2019 |
711 |
685 |
653 |
697 |
800 |
635 |
800 |
657 |
660 |
653 |
725 |
568 |
8,244 |
|
2018 |
620 |
599 |
534 |
578 |
642 |
565 |
631 |
639 |
630 |
676 |
678 |
449 |
7,241 |
|
2017 |
549 |
527 |
596 |
489 |
514 |
587 |
543 |
565 |
503 |
536 |
636 |
457 |
6,502 |
|
2016 |
513 |
586 |
451 |
514 |
510 |
476 |
492 |
504 |
495 |
517 |
514 |
384 |
5,956 |
|
2015 |
494 |
459 |
527 |
499 |
487 |
477 |
540 |
471 |
557 |
529 |
576 |
388 |
6,004 |