Cancer survival rates lower in Mid-West than national average, new figures show 

Lung cancer causes one in five cancer deaths in Ireland, according to the figures, making it the deadliest cancer.

The five-year survival rate for colorectal, lung, and female breast cancer is lower in Limerick, Clare and North Tipperary than the national average, according to the National Cancer Registry of Ireland.

The Cancer Registry has produced, for the first time, an analysis of cancer cases in the six new HSE regions.