Concern at ‘significantly high’ Cork cancer rates

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 first All-Ireland Cancer Atlas, compiled by the National Cancer Registry (NCR) and the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry (NICR), has repeatedly placed Ireland’s second city in the danger category for a number of the life-threatening conditions.

In particular, it has noted that people living in the area are — per head of population — more likely to develop bowel cancer than those in any other county either side of the Irish border.