“I didn’t talk to a lot of people about being sick, I used the Irish Cancer Society website, you can log on and read stories from other people who have cancer,” she said. Cancer services could suffer for a decadeIt could take a decade for cancer services to fully recover from the impact of Covid-19, according to a top oncologist. He will present on a new American modelling study which found a 10-year impact on cancer services based on a six-month shut-down. Now even if we see someone, they come in alone.”Crucial research into less common but virulent types of cancer, including brain or pancreatic cancer, has in some cases slowed, said Orla Dolan, CEO of Breakthrough Cancer Research (BCR). “Right now we are all sitting at home waiting for science to deliver a vaccine to us, that’s how cancer patients feel all the time,” she said.

Source: Irish Examiner February 03, 2021 17:29 UTC