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Increases in prostate cancer to be investigated by National Cancer Registry

Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 00:00

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...Read more

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Geography

Call for cervical cancer screening programme to be introduced in Ireland

Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 00:00

Death rates from cervical cancer in the Republic of Ireland exceed those in all other regions in Britain and Northern Ireland because there is no national screening programme, claims a new report published in the British Journal of Cancer* today...Read more

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Cancer survival improving

Tuesday, October 26, 2004 - 00:00

Data released today 26^th October 2004 by the National Cancer Registry show that cancer survival is improving in Ireland for all of the major cancers. This new report was formally launched by Dr Elizabeth Keane, Chair, National Cancer...Read more

Survival

Extended smoking ban could lower lung cancer death, report claims

Wednesday, September 1, 2004 - 00:00

The Republic of Ireland's smoking ban should profoundly lower the rates of lung cancer, the country's leading cancer killer, a new report has claimed. The ‘All Ireland Cancer Statistics Second Report 1998-2000’ says that prevention...Read more

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Cancer incidence in Ireland and the recent EU survey

Monday, January 5, 2004 - 00:00

A recent Eurobarometer survey has been quoted as showing that Ireland has the highest rate of cancer in the European Union. This report (Health, Food and Alcohol and Safety) was based on an opinion poll and shows much higher variation in cancer...Read more

Cancer cases increasing by 300 a year

Thursday, November 13, 2003 - 00:00

The National Cancer Registry, in its latest report, to be launched by the Minister for Health and Children, Mr Micheal Martin, on October 14th, shows that the number of cancer cases in Ireland continues to rise, increasing the pressure on cancer...Read more

All-Ireland Cancer Conference

Friday, October 17, 2003 - 00:00

The National Cancer Registry, Ireland and the Cork Cancer Research Centre in conjunction with the Ireland-Northern Ireland-National Cancer Institute Consortium will co-host the All Ireland Cancer Conference in the Rochestown Park Hotel,...Read more

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