Drinking any kind of alcohol adds to the risk of developing breast cancer, researchers said today.

Irish women are at a greater risk from dying of cancer than women in most European countries, a new survey by the European Institute of Oncology reveals.

Cancer death rates have not declined in Ireland since the 1980s, according to a new report carried out by the European Institute of Oncology.

THE lives of hundreds of Irish women could be at risk if the Government fails to provide funding for the planned extension of BreastCheck, the national breast screening programme, according to cancer support groups.