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This is the official web site of the Irish National Cancer Registry. The Irish National Cancer Registry was set up in 1991 and began registering cancers nationwide in January 1994.
The National Cancer Registry has been collecting comprehensive cancer information for the whole population of the Republic of Ireland since 1994. The information we collect is used in research into the causes of cancer, in education and information programmes, and in the planning of a national cancer strategy to deliver the best cancer care to the whole population.
Latest News
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Data Quality and Completeness at the Irish National Cancer Registry
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 -
A report published by the National Cancer Registry demonstrates that data quality and completeness of case ascertainment levels at the Registry are high. Completeness of case ascertainment of all invasive cancers (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer) is estimated to be 97%.
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Breast Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Treatment and Survival in Ireland: 1994-2009
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012 The National Cancer Registry has recently published a report describing incidence, mortality, treatment and survival for breast cancer in Ireland for the period 1994-2009, with international comparisons. The report shows that:
- Breast cancer was, after non-melanoma skin cancer, the commonest cancer diagnosed in women in 2007-2009
- An annual average of 2,800 women were diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in 2008 and 2009
- Breast cancer was the second leading cause of cancer death in women (second only to lung cancer) during the period 2007-2009, and accounted for 16% of female cancer deaths.
- Ireland had the fourth highest estimated breast cancer incidence and mortality of 27 European countries in 2008
- Half of the women diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007-2009 were aged between 45 and 64 years
- Survival for women with breast cancer in Ireland was the fourth lowest of 20 European countries for the period 2000-2002
- The proportion of women who received chemotherapy increased from 36% during 1996-1998 to 50% during 1999-2008
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Cancer Trends - Cancer of the pancreas
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012 -
A short report on pancreatic cancer was published by the National Cancer Registry today. Cancer of the pancreas accounts for approximately 2.5% of all invasive cancers and is the 9th most commonly diagnosed cancer in Ireland. Almost 400 cases of pancreatic cancer were diagnosed annually between 1994 and 2010
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Cancer Trends - Cancers of
the cervix and uterus
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 -
A report published today by the National Cancer Registry shows that an average of 216 invasive cervical and 270 uterine cancers are diagnosed per year in Ireland. In addition, over 1400 in situ (CIN III) cancers of the cervix are diagnosed annually, the number of which has increased in recent years with the national expansion of the cervical cancer screening programme. The distributions of cervical and uterine cancers differ in terms of patient age and geographic location, but the majority of both cancer types are diagnosed at an early stage.
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All-Ireland Cancer Atlas Released
Friday, December 9th, 2011 -
The first all-Ireland cancer atlas, published on December 9th by the National Cancer Registry and the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry, shows major unexplained variations across the island in the risk of most common cancers.
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