Publications
Our objective is to produce a full national report on each year within two years of the year end. The 1994 report is out of print, the rest may be viewed here or ordered by post.
Joint reports covering the years 1994 to 1996, 1998 to 2000 and 1996 to 2004
have been produced with the Northern Ireland
Cancer Registry
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These reports can be
accessed online. To view our reports you will need
Adobe®
Reader®
. Due to their size, some full reports cannot be downloaded in
their entirety. Instead they are available to download on a chapter by chapter
basis.
Annual Statistical Reports
A series of statistical reports showing cancer incidence, mortality, treatment and survival in the Republic of Ireland from 1994 onwards.
- Cancer in Ireland 2011
- Cancer in Ireland
1994-2007 - Summary
(Publication date/2009 - 8 pages)
Current Reports
Archived Reports
Cancer Trends and Projections
Short reports on cancer trends in Ireland for individual cancer sites, and more detailed reports providing projections of future case-numbers for a range of sites
- Cancer Trends - Cancer of the
cervix and uterus
(Publication date/January 2012 - 4 pages) - Cancer Trends - Cancers of the
ureter and bladder
(Publication date/November 2011 - 3 pages) - Cancer Trends - Cancers of the head and neck
(Publication date/July 2011 - 4 pages) - Cancer Trends - Cancers of the colon and rectum
(Publication date/May 2011 - 3 pages) - Cancer Trends - Cancers of the oesophagus and stomach
(Publication date/March 2011 - 4 pages)
Powerpoint slides - Cancers of the oesophagus and stomach based on the report can also be downloaded. - Cancer Trends - Melanoma
(Publication date/January 2011 - 3 pages) - Cancer Trends - Leukaemia
(Publication date/December 2010 - 3 pages) - Cancer Trends - Cancers of the brain and central nervous system
(Publication date/September 2010 - 2 pages) - Cancer Trends - Cancer in adolescents and young adults
(Publication date/July 2010 - 2 pages) - Cancer Trends - Cancer of the prostate
(Publication date/May 2010 - 2 pages) - Cancer Trends - Cancer of the liver and biliary tract
(Publication date/March 2010 - 2 pages) - Cancer Trends - Recent trends in lung cancer
(Publication date/December 2009 - 2 pages)
Current Reports
Archived Reports
All Ireland Cancer Statistics
A series of collaborative reports on cancer incidence, mortality, treatment & survival between the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry and the National Cancer Registry in the Republic of Ireland. These reports were produced under the umbrella of the Ireland-Northern Ireland-National Cancer Institute Consortium- Cancer in Ireland:
1994-2004 (A summary report)
(Publication date/April 2009 - 68 pages)Authors: Donnelly D, Gavin A, Comber H - Cancer in
Ireland: 1994-2004 (A comprehensive report)
(Publication date/April 2009 - 344 pages)Authors: Donnelly D, Gavin A, Comber H
Current Reports
Archived Reports
Cancer Atlases and Geographic Studies
Reports assessing geographic patterns of cancer in Ireland
- All Ireland Cancer Atlas 1995-2007
(Publication date/December 2011 - 237 pages) Authors: Carsin AE, Comber H, Deady S, Donnelly D, Gavin A, Hegarty A, McCluskey N, Sharp L
Current Reports
Archived Reports
Patterns of Care
A series of reports examining geographic and institutional variation, and time trends, in treatment and survival of Irish cancer patients.- Patterns of care and survival of cancer patients in Ireland 1994 to 2004 (Summary report)
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Patterns of care and survival of cancer patients in Ireland 1994 to 2004
(full report)
(Publication date/2008 - 99 pages)Authors: Comber H, Walsh PM
Current Reports
Archived Reports
Other Reports
Other reports on specific areas of cancer research- Lung cancer incidence, mortality treatment and survival in the Republic of Ireland 1994-2008
This report shows that while both incidence and mortality rates from lung cancer are falling in men, the incidence rate in women is increasing by over 2% per year, with the largest increase (4% a year) in women under 55. Lung cancer has now overtaken breast cancer as the cancer most likely to cause death in women. - Women and cancer in
Ireland 1994-2001
This report provides an overview on the burden of cancer on Irish women. The report also looks at European comparisons and examines trends over time and predicts future patterns. Recommendations are made for the expansion of prevention and screening programmes and evidence is provided that will inform future policy, planning and resource allocation. (Publication date/February 2006 - 196 pages) National Cancer Registry Ireland/The Women's Health Council - Financial impact of a cancer diagnosis
Patients and families from every social group incur significant additional costs as a result of a cancer diagnosis. National Cancer Registry and Irish Cancer Society Ireland launch a report on the financial and economic impact of a cancer diagnosis for patients and their families in Ireland. Some of the key findings in a study undertaken by the National Cancer Registry, in partnership with the Irish Cancer Society, were that cancer patients incur many additional costs associated with their diagnosis. These include visits to consultants, GPs or other healthcare professionals, buying medications to alleviate symptoms and side effects of treatment, out-of-pocket expenses in relation to travelling to hospital appointments and increased utility bills.
Summary report also available
Newsletters
Scientific Papers
- A Surgical treatment
of early-stage breast cancer in elderly: an international comparison.
Kiderlen M, Bastiannet E, Walsh PM, Keating NL, Schrodi S, Engel J, van de Water W, Ess SM, van Eycken L, Miranda A, de Munck L, van de Velde CJH, de Craen AJM, Liefers GJ. Breast Cancer Research Treat. Epub 2011 Nov 26. PMID: 22119939 Full text here (link http://www.springerlink.com/content/3666555k06k004m7/) - The management of rectal
cancer in Ireland in 2007- room for improvement?
Boyle E, Timmons A, Al-Akash M, Kennedy AM, O'Grday H, Hill AD, Comber H, Keane FB.Surgeon 2011; 8: 179-86. PMID: 21672656 - Clinical features,
treatment, and survival of patients with colorectal cancer with or without
inflammatory bowel disease.
Ali RA, Dooley C, Comber H, Newell J, Egan LJ. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2011; 9: 584-9. PMID: 21565283 - Beta-blockers and
breast cancer mortality: a population-based study.
Barron I, Connolly RM, Sharp L, Bennett K, Visvanathan K. J Clin Oncol 2011; 29: 2635-44. PMID: 21632503 -
Social welfare and legal constraints associated with work among breast and
prostate cancer survivors: experiences from Ireland.
Sharp L, Timmons A. J Cancer Surviv 2011; 5: 382-394. PMID: 21681406 - Cost of care for
colorectal cancer in Ireland: A healthcare payer perspective
Tilson L, Sharp L, Usher C, Walsh C, Whyte S, O'Ceilleachair A, Stuart C, Mehigan B, Kennedy J, Tappenden P, Chilcott J, Staines A, Comber H, Barry M. . Eur J Health Econ. Epub 2011 Jun 3. PMID: 21638069 -
Childhood cancer survival in Ireland: temporal, regional and
deprivation-related patterns (full manuscript
here)
Walsh PM, Byrne J, Capra M, Comber H. Eur J Cancer. Epub 2011 Apr 27. PMID: 21530237 -
Have developments in palliative care services impacted on place of death of
colorectal cancer patients in Ireland? A population-based study
Ó Céilleachair A, Finn C, Deady S, Carsin AE, Sharp L. Ir J Med Sci. 2011 Mar;180(1):91-6. PMID: 20953980 -
Drinking water fluoridation and osteosarcoma incidence on the
island of Ireland
Comber H, Deady S, Montgomery E, Gavin A. Cancer Causes Control. 2011:22:919-924. Epub 2011 Apr 11. PMID: 21479915 -
Geographical, urban/rural and socioeconomic variations in nonmelanoma skin
cancer incidence: a population-based study in Ireland
Carsin AE, Sharp L, Comber H. Br J Dermatol. Epub 2011 Apr. PMID: 21291423Scientific Papers Published 2010
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Where do people with lung cancer die and how is this changing? A population-based
study
Sharp L, Foll P, Deady S, O'Ceilleachair A, Buicke C, Carsin AE. Ir Med J. 2010 Oct;103(9):262-4, 266. PMID: 21186748 -
Radical prostatectomy versus watchful waiting for prostate cancer
Hegarty J, Beirne PV, Walsh E, Comber H, Fitzgerald T, Wallace Kazer M. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2010 Nov 10;(11):CD006590. Review. PMID: 21069689 -
Dietary antioxidant and mineral intake in humans is associated with reduced
risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma but not reflux esophagitis or Barrett's esophagus
Murphy SJ, Anderson LA, Ferguson HR, Johnston BT, Watson PR, McGuigan J, Comber H, Reynolds JV, Murray LJ, Cantwell MM. J Nutr. 2010 Oct;140(10):1757-63. PMID: 20702746 -
Geographical analysis of cancer incidence in Ireland: a comparison of two
Bayesian spatial models
Hegarty AC, Carsin AE, Comber H. Cancer Epidemiol. 2010 Aug;34(4):373-81. PMID: 20646981 -
Risk of Barrett's oesophagus, oesophageal adenocarcinoma and reflux
oesophagitis and the use of nitrates and asthma medications
Ladanchuk TC, Johnston BT, Murray LJ, Anderson LA; FINBAR study group. Scand J Gastroenterol. 2010 Dec;45(12):1397-403. PMID: 20626305 -
Impact of PSA testing and prostatic biopsy on cancer incidence and mortality:
comparative study between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland
Carsin AE, Drummond FJ, Black A, van Leeuwen PJ, Sharp L, Murray LJ, Connolly D, Egevad L, Boniol M, Autier P, Comber H, Gavin A. Cancer Causes Control. 2010 Sep;21(9):1523-31. PMID: 20514514 - Survival from
twenty adult cancers in the UK and Republic of Ireland in the late twentieth century
Woods LM, Rachet B, Shack L, Catney D, Walsh PM, Cooper N, White C, Mak V, Steward J, Comber H, Gavin A, Brewster B, Quinn Q, Coleman MP, UK Association of Cancer Registries. Health Statistics Quarterly 2010;46:7-26. - Trends
in prostate specific antigen testing in Ireland: lessons from a country without
guidelines.
Drummond FJ, Carsin AE, Sharp L, Comber H. Ir J Med Sci. 2010;179(1):47-49. Epub 2009 June 27 PMID: 19562407 -
Is there under-treatment of pancreatic cancer? Evidence from a population-based
study in Ireland
Sharp L, Carsin AE, Cronin-Fenton DP, O'Driscoll D, Comber H. Eur J Cancer. 2009 May;45(8):1450-9. PMID: 19268569 -
Malignant melanoma and breast carcinoma: a bidirectional correlation
Ho WL, Comber H, Hill AD, Murphy GM. Ir J Med Sci. Epub 2009 Mar 5. PMID: 19263184 - The association
between alcohol and reflux esophagitis, Barrett's esophagus, and esophageal adenocarcinoma
Anderson LA, Cantwell MM, Watson RG, Johnston BT, Murphy SJ, Ferguson HR, McGuigan J, Comber H, Reynolds JV, Murray LJ. Gastroenterology. 2009 Mar;136(3):799-805. PMID:19162028 -
Uncertainty and quality of life among men undergoing active surveillance for
prostate cancer in the United States and Ireland
Hegarty JM, Wallace M, Comber H. Am J Mens Health. 2008 Jun;2(2):133-42. PMID: 19477777 -
Improved malignant melanoma prognosis at a consultant-
delivered multidisciplinary pigmented lesion clinic in Cork
Field S, Deady S, Fitzgibbon J, Murphy M, Comber H.
Irish Medical Journal 2010;103(2):40-43 - Factors prompting PSA-testing of asymptomatic men in a country with no guidelines: a national survey of general practitioners.
Drummond FJ, Carsin AE, Sharp L, Comber H
BMC Fam Pract. 2009 Jan 12;10(1):3. PMID: 19138385 - Rising incidence of renal cell carcinoma in Ireland.
Falebita OA, Mancini S, Kiely E, Comber H.
Int Urol Nephrol. 2009; 41(1):7-12 Epub 2008 June 20 - Major inter-laboratory variations in PSA testing practices; results from
national surveys in Ireland in 2006 and 2007.
Drummond FJ, Sharp L, Comber H
Ir J Med Sci. 2008 Dec; 177(4): 317-23 Epub 208 Oct 8 PMID: 18841439 - Inequity in colorectal cancer treatment and outcomes: a population-based study.
Carsin AE, Sharp L, Cronin-Fenton DP, Céilleachair AO, Comber H
Br J Cancer. 2008;99(2):266-74. - Cancer survival in five continents: a worldwide population-based study (CONCORD).
Coleman MP, et al.; CONCORD Working Group
Lancet Oncol. 2008;9(8):730-56. - Oesophageal cancer: caregiver mental health and strain.
Donnelly M, Anderson LA, Johnston BT, Watson RG, Murphy SJ, Comber H, McGuigan J, Reynolds JV, Murray LJ.
Psychooncology. 2008; 17(12): 1196-201 - Questionnaire order significantly increased response to a postal survey sent to primary care physicians.
Drummond FJ, Sharp L, Carsin AE, Kelleher T, Comber H.
J Clin Epidemiol. 2008; 61(2):177-85. - Relationship between Helicobacter pylori infection and gastric atrophy and
the stages of the oesophageal inflammation, metaplasia, adenocarcinoma sequence:
results from the FINBAR case-control study.
Anderson LA, Murphy SJ, Johnston BT, Watson RG, Ferguson HR, Bamford KB, Ghazy A, McCarron P, McGuigan J, Reynolds JV, Comber H, Murray LJ.
Gut. 2008;57(6):734-9.
Scientific Papers Published 2011
Scientific Papers Published 2009
Scientific Papers Published 2008
Archived - Scientific Papers Published Pre - 2008
Financial Statements
- Annual financial report and accounts for the year ending 31st December 2010
- Audited financial accounts for the year ended 31st December 2010
- Annual financial report and accounts for the year ending 31st December 2009
- Audited financial accounts for the year ended 31st December 2009
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Annual financial report and accounts for the year ending 31st December 2008 (English)
Tuarascáil bhliantúil airgeadais agus cuntais don bhliain dar críoch 31ú Nollaig 2008 (Gaeilge) - Audited financial accounts for the year ended 31st December 2008
- Audited financial accounts for the year ended 31st December 2007
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