The purpose of this report is to use available data to estimate the overall risk and prevalence of distant metastatic disease in breast cancer patients. Metastases at diagnosis or subsequently are considered. Based on this, recommendations are...Read more
NCRI has very high levels of completeness in its registered data, with completeness of cases in 2010 estimates at 97.2% within 5 year of diagnosis for all invasive cancers combined, excluding non-melanoma skin cancers
“29% of cancer incidence in Ireland is attributable to 11 modifiable risk factors, including 13% attributable to smoking”: latest report from the National Cancer Registry
This is the first analysis by the National Cancer Registry on the proportion of cancer cases attributable to modifiable risk factors and thus potentially preventable. The report, published by the National Cancer Registry today, shows that in Ireland...Read more
This is the second National Cancer Registry report focusing on treatment and survival of cancer patients in Ireland, for the four most important cancers in healthcare terms. Coverage is provided here for the eight-year period 1994-2001,...Read more
This report describes incidence, mortality, treatment and survival for breast cancer in Ireland for the period 1994-2009, with international comparisons. It shows that:
Breast cancer was, after non-melanoma skin cancer, the commonest cancer...Read more