Extract from presentation by Eibhlin Mulroe to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health on 13th March 2019. “Due to our reduced funding, we have had to decline opening clinically important academic trials in Ireland. These trials would benefit people with a range of cancers including lymphoma, testicular and endometrial cancer. We are unable to be […]

“We need to fight for the best clinical trials with the most promising drugs …. Professor Cathy Kelly Consultant Medical Oncologist in Health News Ireland’s feature on women’s health in today’s Irish Independent: Unsung heroes: women living with metastatic breast cancer http://www.healthnews.ie/womens-health/unsung-heroes-women-living-with-metastatic-breast-cancer

Speaking at the Joint Committee on Health this morning (13th March) Cancer Trials Ireland highlighted that due to funding cut backs of €750,000 per year it had has not been able to open clinically important cancer trials in Ireland that could improve the outcomes for people with cancer. Eibhlín Mulroe, CEO, Cancer Trials Ireland, said […]

Read the latest project news in our Winter 2019 COLOSSUS newsletter. Get an update on the COLOSSUS translational trial and read the dissemination highlights too. In this edition, our ‘Partner in the Spotlight” is Cancer Trials Ireland. Download the newsletter here.

Congratulations to Dr Mihai and the Clinical Trials Research Unit at Beacon Hospital on their input to the international Oligorecurrent Stereotactic trial which indicates stereotactic radiation can extend long-term survival for some patients with stage-IV cancers while maintaining their quality of life. The study is published in the January issue of International Journal of Radiation […]

We’re delighted to be working with colleagues around the world and playing our part in discovering better diagnostics and treatments.

Our Spring DSSG Meeting will be held on Friday, 22nd March @ Cancer Trials Ireland, Innovation House, Glasnevin Dublin 11 Time: 8am – 5pm (Agenda to follow) For more information: adminoffice@cancertrials.ie Telephone: (01) 66 77 211

Thanks to the IPU Review for featuring Cancer Trials Ireland in its magazine circulated to all community pharmacists. IPU Dec 2018 article

We are delighted to announce that Jacinta Marron has been appointed to the newly created post of Head of Biometrics at Cancer Trials Ireland. As Head of Biometrics, Jacinta will lead the Biometrics unit of Data Management and Statistics in collaboration with Group Statistician, Imelda Parker. Jacinta joined Cancer Trials Ireland in 2015 and has […]