News Archive
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Increases in prostate cancer to be investigated by National Cancer Registry
Tuesday, June 14th, 2005 -
A new report launched today by Dr Elizabeth Keane, Chair, National Cancer Registry Board, at a press conference at 11.30 am, in the Merrion Hotel, Dublin, highlights a major increase in prostate cancer in Ireland in the last few years, with the highest incidence of this cancer being found in the southwest of the country. The findings of the report "Cancer in Ireland 1994 - 2001" have stimulated a major cross-border investigation by the National Cancer Registry into prostate cancer incidence and screening, details of which were announced at the press conference.
Users can also view a presentation on the report on our site
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Cancer in County Louth
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005 -
A new report from the National Cancer Registry confirms previous findings that there were more incident cancer cases than would be expected in the period since 1994 in Co. Louth. The cancers found in higher numbers were those of the skin, lung and stomach, and to a lesser extent, cancers of the oesophagus and leukaemia. The only known shared risk factor for these is smoking, which increases the risk of lung, oesophagus, and possibly stomach, cancers.
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Recent Publications
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005 -
Two new papers have been recently been published by staff of the National Cancer Registry. These are: "Recent trends in Cervical Cancer Mortality in Britain and Ireland: the Case for Population-Based Cervical Cancer Screening" and "Lung Cancer Mortality Predictions for Ireland 2001-2015 and Current Trends in North Western Europe"
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New Project on Health Economics of Cancer
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005 -
The National Cancer Registry is to lead a five-year programme of work on the economics of cancer in Ireland. The work has been funded by the Health Research Board and will be undertaken jointly with colleagues from University College Dublin, including Dr Anthony Staines of the Department of Public Health Medicine & Epidemiology and a newly appointed health economist, Dr Kanika Kapur.
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New Prostate Cancer Project
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005 -
The National Cancer Registry is working with the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry (Dr Liam Murray and Dr Peter McCarron) on a new project on prostate cancer. During the period from 1994 to 2000, prostate cancer incidence rates increased dramatically in the Republic of Ireland but not in Northern Ireland, while mortality from prostate cancer did not change in either region.
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Cancer in the South Eastern Health Board Area:
Occurrence versus Perceptions of Risk
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005 -
A researcher at the National Cancer Registry has explored patterns of cancer incidence and mortality in the South Eastern Health Board Area (SEHB). Thirty local residents in each community were selected at random for interview about health risks in general as well as any concerns relating to their community that they might have.
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Geocoding Project - Update
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2005 -
The Geocoding project commenced in January 2004, with the objective to allocate all records in the National Cancer Registry of cancer incidence, approximately 220,000 to date, to a Ward / Electoral Division (ED) of residences of the patient. To date 20% of patient registrations have been geocoded, with an average of 85% of the results being assigned automatically.
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