Peadar Tóibín
Question:849. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with colorectal cancer at stage I, stage II, stage III and stage IV in each year since 2014, in tabular form. [9925/22]
View answerDáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 February 2022
849. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with colorectal cancer at stage I, stage II, stage III and stage IV in each year since 2014, in tabular form. [9925/22]
View answer850. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with breast cancer at stage I, stage II, stage III and stage IV in each year since 2014 in tabular form. [9926/22]
View answer851. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with cervical cancer at stage I, stage II, stage III and stage IV in each year since 2014, in tabular form. [9927/22]
View answer852. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons diagnosed with ovarian cancer at stage I, stage II, stage III and stage IV in each year since 2014, in tabular form. [9928/22]
View answer854. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of cancers diagnosed by stage in each year since 2013, in tabular form. [9930/22]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 849, 850, 851, 852 and 854 together.
The National Cancer Registry Ireland (NCRI) is charged with collecting and classifying information on all cancer cases that occur in Ireland. NCRI data is used widely in the development of cancer services, service planning and in monitoring progress being made under the National Cancer Strategy.
Based on the most recent staging data provided by the NCRI, the stage at diagnosis for breast, lung, colorectal, cervical and ovarian cancer (2014-2018) is as follows:
These figures relate to the stage at the time of the patient’s initial diagnosis, or within a window of up to 4 months after diagnosis date.
Proportions of cases with unknown (as-yet-unassigned) stage is higher in the most recent years reflecting incompleteness of clinical stage information for 2018 at the time of analysis.
It is possible that a small number of late registrations of Stage IV cases may be added as data is further validated.