The Irish evolution of cancer control

In the first half of an exclusive interview with IMT ahead of his retirement as inaugural Director of the NCR, Dr Harry Comber tells Lloyd Mudiwa about his endeavours in cancer care and medicine.   Former Director of the National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) Prof Tom Keane has been largely credited with the breast cancer services transition of 2007 to 2008, which has provided timely access for patients with breast symptoms and ensured a more likely accurate diagnosis, as all patients were now assessed by triple assessment, which was essentially consultant-delivered. But behind every successful national cancer ‘tsar’ is a…