Northern Ireland Cancer Registry figures also suggest that those diagnosed are living longer.
There has been an average 9 per cent increase in female breast cancer cases and 6 per cent increase in lung cancer.Over the last five years there has been an average 9% increase in female breast cancer cases and 6% increase in lung cancer.
The report highlights the importance of screening, in particular access to the new FIT test for bowel screening. For example, five-year survival is 8% for late-stage colorectal cancer compared to 94% for early stage. There was a rebound increase in bowel cancer and breast cancer in 2021 compared to 2018-19For bowel cancer, the review found a higher proportion of bowel cancer patients aged 55 to 64, which according to the review is "likely related to the resumption of cancer screening programs as well as the introduction of new FIT test for bowel screening in January 2021".
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