Over 19,000 cancer cases diagnosed each year
9,000 deaths from cancer in 2011 making it second most common cause of death
There were almost 9,000 deaths from cancer in 2011, making it the second-most common cause of death after cardiovascular disease
More than 19,000 invasive cancer cases were
diagnosed on average each year from 2009 to 2011, according to the
latest report from the National Cancer Registry.
There
were almost 9,000 deaths from cancer in 2011, making it the second-most
common cause of death after cardiovascular disease. The statistics show
a lifetime risk of one in three for men and one in four for women.
The report said 12 per cent of all cancers diagnosed were in people under 40.
For most cancers, five-year survival rates in the Republic were fairly similar to those observed in the UK.
The
report said the incidence of female breast cancer was increasing in the
Republic and the UK, with the rate of increase here almost twice that
in the UK. The report said this was probably due to the introduction of
breast screening in Ireland.
Cervical cancerThe rates of invasive cervical cancer are increasing in the Republic but decreasing in the UK, where screening is well-established.
Prostate
cancer incidence rates in the Republic continue to increase more
rapidly than in the UK and, in 2012, were more than 1.5 times higher
than in the UK. This has been attributed to the widespread use of
prostate- specific antigen (PSA) testing here since the mid-1990s.
Melanoma
incidence is increasing rapidly in Ireland and Britain. Both countries
had higher incidence rates than the EU average in 2012.
Survival
from the common cancers improved in Ireland between the periods
1995-1999 and 2000-2007, but there was little change in the ranking of
Ireland relative to other European countries. The exception was
non-Hodgkin lymphoma, survival from which ranked 20th in Europe in
1995-1999 but ninth in 2000-2007. Survival from cancers of the ovary and
kidney remains among the worst in Europe.
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