Survival rates for cancers vary wildly, says study

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

The finding, which contrasts with a series of survival rate improvements across almost all other forms of the condition, has been highlighted in a major new National Cancer Registry of Ireland study.

The latest report, covering the years 2009 to 2011, has found Ireland is among the countries with the best survival rates for skin, prostate and non-Hodgkins lymphoma cancers.