Figures show new cancer cases to double by 2020

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

The National Cancer Registry has predicted that the number of new cases diagnosed every year will increase to almost 43,000 over the 20 year period from 2000.

Director of the National Cancer Registry Dr Harry Comber said the figures also showed that the annual increase in new cancer cases was almost 3%.