Death rates for smokers diagnosed with head and neck cancer are a 36% higher than non-smokers, research has found.

People suffering from stomach, ovarian, and kidney cancers are more likely to die early in Ireland than almost anywhere else in Europe.

Sun worshippers are being urged to cool off their love affair with the hot weather as the pursuit of high temperatures sees skin cancer rates soar.

The incidence of cancer in Ireland is expected to double by 2040, according to a new report.

Low-risk thyroid cancers that are unlikely to develop into anything sinister are being picked up by sophisticated scanning equipment, exposing patients to needless and harmful treatment, doctors have warned.

Cancer survival rates have improved dramatically in the past decade, however, the number of women dying from lung cancer continues to rise.

The National Cancer Registry reports the number of cancer cases in Ireland is growing by 3% every year, while the number of deaths is up by 1% year-on-year.

The risk of having both breasts removed following initial surgery for breast cancer rises substantially for women treated by surgeons in hospitals where the number of breast cancer patients is small.

Research in the Cork Harbour region has shown people living in the Cobh area believe they are at a greater risk of cancer because of a nearby chemical dump — even though no evidence exists to support those beliefs.

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

THE cross-border report on the different rates of cancer in Ireland makes for worrying reading.

A LEADING expert has called for targeted research into “unexplained” cancer spikes in specific parts of the country which do not appear to be linked to lifestyle or family history.

CONCERNS have been raised over the health of people in Cork after a new cross-border cancer study said the county has “significantly high” rates of more than half of all types examined.

The number of cases of cancer diagnosed in Ireland each year has risen by more than 50% since the mid 1990s, largely due to the ageing profile of the population.

THE revelation that Ireland has the second highest incidence of cancer in Europe has exposed an urgent public health issue, campaigners argue.

IRELAND has the highest incidence of prostate cancer in Europe, at a rate over 60% higher than the EU average.

SURVIVAL rates for lung cancer are substantially poorer in Ireland than many European countries.

MIDWAY through the Allianz Hurling League, Offaly manager Joe Dooley reeled off the players unavailable to him due to injury. It sounded like a trauma unit.

PEOPLE’S lifestyles are making them more vulnerable to certain cancers, Ireland’s first cancer atlas reveals.

CANCER survival rates are increasing despite the rise in the number of cases being diagnosed, an all-Ireland report published today reveals.

SURVIVAL from cancer in Ireland is rapidly increasing, a report published by the National Cancer Registry shows.

NEW cancer cases published yesterday confirm the incidence of the disease will double by 2020.

CANCER cases will almost double over the next 15 years, a report warns.

The number of people suffering from potentially fatal cancer will double by 2020, a new report revealed today.

The urgent roll-out of national screening programmes was called for today after a study revealed the cancer death rate among Irish women is higher than in most other European countries.

Claire O’Sullivan

DEATHS from prostate and bowel cancer are higher in Ireland than in Northern Ireland, England and Wales.

IT would cost the State just €30 million to set up a national cervical screening programme - saving more than 60 women’s lives every year.

Ageism may be a factor in the lower numbers of older patients treated for cancer, it emerged today.

THERE has been a dramatic increase in prostate cancer in Ireland with the number of cases almost doubling between 1994 and 2001.

Catherine Shanahan

A new report shows fears that Britain's nuclear plant at Sellafield has been responsible for cancer clusters in County Louth are unfounded.

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

The number of people suffering from obesity-related cancers has increased, a report revealed today.

The number of cancer cases diagnosed in Ireland is increasing by around 2% every year, according to figures released today by the National Cancer Registry.

LUNG cancer survival rates have failed to improve, according to a new report which shows people who contract all other types of cancer are living longer.

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

AN Irish cancer expert has dismissed the findings of a European survey claiming the country has the highest cancer rates in the European Union.

Ireland could become the only country in Europe where lung cancer is more common in women than in men, a leading cancer specialist warned today.

A MEMBER of the expert review group asked to recommend sites for radiotherapy services has criticised the methods used in a survey to assess patients’ priorities.

HEALTH experts last night rejected claims from people living in Co Limerick who believe industrial pollution is causing cancer.

A VACCINE for advanced prostate cancer could be undergoing final trials in less than two years.

LUNG cancer is to become predominantly a female disease within 20 years, a comprehensive report to be published today by the Office of Tobacco Control (OTC) has found.

IN the course of a letter concerning cancer in the Cappagh/Croagh area of Co Limerick (Irish Examiner, August 12), Pat Geoghegan refers to data from the National Cancer Registry which was supplied to the Mid Western Health Board (MWHB).