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New report on modifiable cancer risk factors released by Registry [1]

Monday, October 5, 2020 - 18:17
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The latest report published by the NCRI (see summary [2] and pdf [3]) on...Read more [1]

Incidence [4]
Projections [5]
Prevention [6]
Key risk factors [7]
Smoking [8]
Overweight [9]
Infection [10]
Alcohol [11]
Sunburn [12]
Research [13]
Public policy [14]

Modifiable risk factors and cancer in Ireland [2]

“29% of cancer incidence in Ireland is attributable to 11 modifiable risk factors, including 13% attributable to smoking”: latest report from the National Cancer Registry
Risk factors report cover
PDF [3]
This is the first analysis by the National Cancer Registry on the proportion of cancer cases attributable to modifiable risk factors and thus potentially preventable. The report, published by the National Cancer Registry today, shows that in Ireland...Read more [2]

Cancer Trends 33 - HPV-associated cancers [15]

PDF [16]

The latest short report from the National Cancer Registry estimates that human papillomavirus (HPV) infection causes up to 420 cancer cases (or up to 130 cancer deaths) per year, most of which are potentially preventable by HPV vaccination....Read more [15]

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[1] https://www.ncri.ie/news/article/new-report-modifiable-cancer-risk-factors-released-registry [2] https://www.ncri.ie/publications/statistical-reports/modifiable-risk-factors-and-cancer-ireland [3] https://www.ncri.ie/sites/ncri/files/pubs/NCRI_Risk%20factors%20Report%2006102020.pdf [4] https://www.ncri.ie/tags/incidence [5] https://www.ncri.ie/tags/projections [6] https://www.ncri.ie/tags/prevention [7] https://www.ncri.ie/tags/key-risk-factors [8] https://www.ncri.ie/tags/smoking [9] https://www.ncri.ie/tags/overweight [10] https://www.ncri.ie/tags/infection [11] https://www.ncri.ie/tags/alcohol [12] https://www.ncri.ie/tags/sunburn [13] https://www.ncri.ie/tags/research [14] https://www.ncri.ie/tags/public-policy [15] https://www.ncri.ie/publications/cancer-trends-and-projections/cancer-trends-33-hpv-associated-cancers [16] https://www.ncri.ie/sites/ncri/files/pubs/HPV-associated%20Cancer%20Trends%20Report_NCR_4May2017.pdf