‘Life-changing’ radioligland therapy inaccessible to many patients here

Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

A leading cancer expert has warned the health minister “the management of prostate cancer in Ireland is suboptimal” because a groundbreaking treatment with life-changing effects is unavailable here.

In a damning letter sent to Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, nuclear medicine expert Professor Martin O’Connell called for a “culture change” in the health service.