This report provides an overview of the incidence, treatment and survival for myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) in Ireland. These are categories of haematological malignancy that largely comprise conditions...Read more
The National Cancer Registry has just released an updated set of cancer factsheets, updated with 2012 data. A new 'All cancers' factsheet is also available.Read more
Elderly breast cancer patients in Ireland are less likely to have ‘guideline’ loco-regional treatment, but more likely to have hormone therapy or chemotherapy, than in the Netherlands.Read more
The latest report of the National Cancer Registry summarizes incidence, mortality, survival and treatment for cancer in Ireland during 1994-2012, focusing particularly on 2010-...Read more
The most comprehensive international comparison of cancer survival to date, covering countries that are home to two-thirds of the world’s population, shows extremely wide differences in survival between countries.Read more
Study reveals that the role of healthcare providers and socio-economic status in survival of men with prostate cancer could give rise to concerns that warrant further investigation.Read more
A new large population-based study finds that head and neck cancer patients who smoke at diagnosis have a significantly increased rate of death from cancer.Read more
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