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Irish Cancer Society invests €4.5m to develop new care models for patients

The partnership with Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute has come amid a spike in gastrointestinal cancers among patients under 50

Averil Power, CEO, Irish Cancer Society, Dr Linda Doyle, Provost and President of Trinity College Dublin, Prof John Kennedy, Medical Director, Trinity St James's Cancer Institute, Prof Maeve Lowery, Academic Director, Trinity St James's Cancer Institute, Noel Gorman, Interim CEO, St James's Hospital Picture: Trinity College Dublin

The Irish Cancer Society has announced plans to invest €4.5 million in programmes to deliver a new model of cancer care for patients in Ireland.

The investment by the charity is part of a new joint initiative with the Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute.

The partnership will develop new methods for patient care that use scientific discovery to create novel approaches to prevention, detection and treatment of cancer.

The five-year research programme funded by the ...