The proportion of people surviving at 5 years following diagnosis has significantly increased and death rates from blood cancers have fallen according to a new report published by the National Cancer Registry of Ireland.
This report contains data on leukemia in Ireland between 1994 and 2008. Leukaemias made up about 1.7% of all registered cancers and 2.0% of malignant cancers diagnosed between 1994 and 2008. Between 1994 and 2002 the number of cases increased...Read more
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