Women face alarming rise in malignant cancers

AROUND 74,000 malignant cancers in women will be diagnosed this year, up over 25% on 1994 figures, a startling new report published today shows.

Women face alarming rise in malignant cancers

It also reveals that, apart from Denmark, the death rate from cancer among women in Ireland is higher than any other Western European countries.

The report found that survival, in Ireland, for several cancers - breast, lung and stomach - is relatively poor by international standards.

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