Prof John Crown

The campaigning oncologist has retired from the public health service and says he has given up advocating for reform of it, but he remains passionate about its potential

Public patients may now have to wait up to two years longer than all private patients for access to innovative therapies

Laya Healthcare and Irish Life Health must be unsettled as leading oncologists clearly direct patients to rival VHI

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Professor John Crown: "Although the disease is a leading cause of cancer deaths in women, major advances in treatment mean survival rates have improved significantly"