News from NCRI

The Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly TD, has appointed Ms Mary Bourke and Prof Mark Lawler to the NCRI board.

The National Cancer Registry has updated its Incidence Statistics section to cover diagnosis years 1994 to 2017.

The NCRI, in association with University College Cork, is pleased to announce that Professor Deirdre Murray has been appointed new Director.

The National Cancer Registry has released a new set of on-line cancer incidence maps for years up to 2017

NCRI currently has a vacancy for a full time Statistician - 37 hours per week.

Updated statistics on cancer incidence, mortality and survival, published today (1 December 2020) document ongoing increases in numbers of cases diagnosed (largely driven by population growth and ageing) but also increases in survival and in numbers of cancer survivors.

The latest report published by the NCRI on modifiable risk factors and cancer in Ireland indicates that 29% of cancer incidence (6,200 cases) in Ireland was potentially preventable in 2016.

The study describes the receipt of palliative care in acute care hospitals among cancer patients who died in Ireland in 2016.

Data security and confidentiality is of paramount importance to NCRI. The NCRI Board of together with the Director consulted with a wide range of Health Service organisations before agreeing on a revised set of guidelines on the release of confidential data.