Prostate, bowel cancer kills more Irish: report

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

A cancer atlas of Ireland and Britain, published today, also shows a high rate of cancer of the lip and mouth in the west and north-west possibly linked to fishing and farming.

Director of the National Cancer Registry (NCR), Dr Harry Comber, said the increase was related to sunlight exposure.