Incidence

This report highlights the continuing increase in the cancer burden in Ireland. The number of cancer cases continues to increase by 3% annually and the number of deaths by about 1% annually.

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This report describes cancer incidence, mortality, treatment and survival in Ireland from 1994 to 2002. The total number of cancer cases is estimated to have increased at an annual rate of 1.8% for women and 1.1% for men during this period. This...Read more

This is the fifth report on cancer in Ireland from the National Cancer Registry. It describes new cancer cases and cancer deaths in Ireland from 1994 to 1998. During the five years covered by this report, almost 20,000 new cases of cancer and 7,...Read more

This short report outlines data on Hodgkin’s lymphoma in Ireland between 1994 and 2011. An average of 101 cases of was diagnosed per year during this period, equating to an incidence rate of 2.5 cases per 100,000 per year. Representing 16% of all...Read more

This report describes incidence, mortality, treatment and survival for colorectal cancer in Ireland for the period 1994-2010. Colorectal cancer made up 11% of all cancers in women and 14% in men in 2007-2009, making it the second most common...Read more

This report, produced in collaboration with the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry, describes incidence, mortality, treatment and survival rates of cancer on the island of Ireland from 1994-1996.Read more

This report, produced in collaboration with the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry , describes incidence, mortality, treatment and survival rates of cancer on the island of Ireland from 1998-2000.Read more

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...Read more

This annual statistical report for 2011 shows that the number of cancer cases diagnosed each year has risen by almost 50% since the mid 1990's and that over 90,000 people are now alive 15 years after their cancer diagnosis. The report estimates...Read more

According to this annual statistical report for 2009, in 2005-2007, the National Cancer Registry registered an annual average of 27,023 new cases. The commonest invasive cancers overall (apart from non-melanoma skin cancer, NMSC) were prostate (2...Read more