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A short report published today by the National Cancer Registry gives an overview of  mesothelioma in Ireland. A comparatively rare cancer, an average of 24 cases are diagnosed  in Ireland every year, the majority of which are pleural mesothelioma...Read more

A short report published today by the National Cancer Registry gives an outline of thyroid cancer incidence, treatment, survival and mortality in Ireland. Thyroid cancer accounts for just 1% of all invasive cancers and is more commonly diagnosed...Read more

Some maps contained in an All-Ireland Cancer Atlas published recently by the N. Ireland Cancer Registry and the National Cancer Registry have been used erroneously by anti-fluoridation...Read more

Dr Roberto Zanetti, President of the International Association of Cancer Registries (IACR) Board, today, (17/09/2012) formally opened the leading world cancer conference on cancer epidemiology taking place in Cork this week. The theme of the 2012...Read more

Recent media coverage has interpreted information from the National Cancer Registry as suggesting a link between cancer rates in Cobh, Co. Cork and a former steel plant on Haulbowline Island, near the town. The Registry does not believe that this...Read more

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. The atlas...Read more

The Minister of Health is developing a public health policy framework which aims to improve the health of the population and reduce health inequalities by addressing the causes of preventable ill-health.

To help shape the policy, the...Read more

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