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
The latest report from the National Cancer Registry shows that more than 19,000 invasive cancer cases were diagnosed on average each year in the period 2009-2011, with a lifetime...Read more
The latest trends report from the National Cancer Registry describes primary bone cancer incidence, treatment, mortality and survival. Approximately 35 cases are diagnosed per year in Ireland with incidence rates being slightly higher in males...Read more
This report of cancer incidence projections shows that the incidence of cancer in Ireland is expected to double by 2040. With the exception of leukemia in males, the number of cancers is projected to increase for all cancer types between 2010 and...Read more
The National Cancer Registry’s latest trends report on non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL), published today shows that an annual average of 660 new cases are diagnosed per year in Ireland.Read more
This report shows that in the period 1994 to 1998 there were significant differences between former health board areas in the treatments given for some cancers. For many cancers, deprivation, irrespective of treatment choices, was related to...Read more