People in the North have a lower risk of developing some cancers than residents in the Republic, a major cross-border survey revealed today.

Cases of malignant melanoma – the key cause of skin cancer deaths – have more than tripled in the North since the mid 1980s, it was revealed today.

Cancer survival rates have risen in the North, a report revealed today.

A national screening programme is needed to end the increasing number of deaths from cervical cancer, a new report claimed today.

MORE women have died from breast cancer in the Republic than Northern Ireland because of the lack of national screening problem.