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Read more Trends Incidence Mortality Survival Treatment Prevention Vaccination Cancer screening News from the Director's office - April 2017 Wednesday, April 5, 2017 - 14:45 News from the Director's Office this month is sadly bidding farewell to Maria Duane. Maria is a registered nurse who came to NCRI after years of nursing experience in the USA. She has been a Cancer Data Registrar at NCRI since its founding and...Read more National Cancer Registry supports Daffodil Day 2017 Friday, March 24, 2017 - 09:33 Friday March 24th is the Irish Cancer Society’s 30th annual Daffodil Day. The Irish Cancer Society, Ireland’s national cancer charity, strives to improve the lives of those affected by cancer by ensuring cancer patients...Read more Daffodil Day Irish Cancer Society Cancer research Patients Trends in childhood cancer in Ireland: report from the National Cancer Registry Monday, February 27, 2017 - 12:13 The latest short report from the National Cancer Registry, published today, notes increases in incidence of childhood cancer between 1994 and 2014, partly...Read more Childhood Children Trends Incidence Mortality Treatment Survival News from the Director's office - February 2017 Tuesday, February 21, 2017 - 09:11 News from the Director’s office this February is a very !BIG! thank you to Dr Susan O’Reilly who has been Chair of the NCRI Board since 15 February 2013. One of Dr O’Reilly’s first major tasks was to lead development of the 2013-...Read more New job vacancy announced - Blood Cancer Registrar Thursday, February 9, 2017 - 13:05 Applications are invited for a Blood Cancer Registrar who will be employed by the National Cancer Registry to support the Blood Cancer Network Ireland (BCNI) project. This post will be based at the National Cancer Registry in Cork. Full...Read more News from the Director’s Office - January 2017 Monday, January 23, 2017 - 11:43 Happy New Year! The beginning of 2017 certainly is flying by. All those things put off until January are now front and centre demanding attention. As the year opened I’ve had multiple communications with external folks regarding disease-specific...Read more Inequalities identified in treatment and survival in non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma Thursday, January 12, 2017 - 11:20 A new NCRI-led study finds that private health insurance influences treatment and survival in nonHodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL).Read more Inequalities Private Health Insurance Deprivation Emergency presentation News from the Directors Office - December Tuesday, December 20, 2016 - 16:08 News from the Director’s office this December is all about the NCRI 2016 Annual Report. NCRI’s 21 st annual report summarizes cancer statistics from 1994-2014. Please see the full report for the latest information on cancer in Ireland:...Read more Eleanor Crowley: A tribute Friday, December 16, 2016 - 11:25 Eleanor Crowley was appointed as a Computer Programmer at the National Cancer Registry Ireland (NCRI) in October 1993. She was single handedly responsible for the development of the first data collection application used by the NCRI. This was...Read more Staff Cancer rates may have plateaued: latest report from the National Cancer Registry Thursday, December 15, 2016 - 00:00 The latest annual report from the National Cancer Registry, Ireland’s premier source of cancer information, suggests that, although the total number of cancers continues to rise, mainly due to the ageing of our growing population, there is some positive news.Read more Latest report from the National Cancer Registry to be published this week Monday, December 12, 2016 - 13:51 The latest annual report from the National Cancer Registry will be published on Thursday 15th December. Among other topics covered will be the most recent information on trends in numbers and incidence rates of cancer...Read more Updated UKIACR performance indicators updated for 2016 Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 08:26 The registry performance indicators, comparing the performance of the National Cancer Registry with four registries in the United Kingdom, have been updated and are available on our website.Read more Performance Indicators UKIACR Data completeness Data quality Report on methodological challenges in deprivation and cancer Friday, November 11, 2016 - 13:57 A new research report has been published by Public Health England on the challenges in measuring deprivation in the context of cancer. The National Cancer Registry was involved in supplying...Read more Cancer Deprivation metric Incidence UK Ireland News from the Director’s Office - November 2016 Friday, November 4, 2016 - 16:01 As an American, November is traditionally a month to take stock and express thanks (USA Thanksgiving last Thursday of November). While intentionally overlooking the political aspect of this November (USA presidential election November 8th...Read more Cancer deaths will cost Ireland €73 billion over the next 20 years Tuesday, October 25, 2016 - 10:36 A new paper published in the journal BMC Cancer by researchers at the National Cancer Registry estimated that deaths from cancer over the next 20 years will cost the Irish economy €73 billion in lost productivity.Read more Lost productivity Cancer deaths Policy making Cancer Week Ireland 2016 Infographic Wednesday, October 19, 2016 - 15:10 The Registry has released a new infographic about Cancer Week 2016 - be part of the conversation.Read more Irish Cancer Society Infographic Cancer data Ireland News from the Director’s Office - October 2016 Monday, October 10, 2016 - 13:47 This month the Irish Cancer Society (ICS) is promoting a very important initiative to raise cancer awareness – Cancer Week Ireland 2016: October 17th to 23rd. Since cancer is such a prevalent and life changing disease it is...Read more News from the Director’s Office - September 2016 Monday, September 12, 2016 - 16:04 As I settle into to my new role at NCR I’m struck by the dedication of the folks who work here and the nature of our unsung heroes. Practically speaking the work of NCR can be summed up into two main areas of expertise, data collection and data...Read more Incidence updates for childhood cancer Wednesday, September 7, 2016 - 15:02 For Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, the NCR has updated childhood cancer incidence stats to the year 2013.Read more Childhood Children Incidence Statistics Data Freedom of Information at NCR Thursday, August 11, 2016 - 15:11 The National Cancer Registry is one of many public bodies covered by the Freedom of Information Act. The new FOI Act came into effect in October 2014 and repealed the 1997 and 2003 Acts. The 2014 FOI Act provides the following statutory...Read more News from the Director's Office - August 2016 Wednesday, August 10, 2016 - 15:31 This month it’s “a changing of the guard - out with the old (many THANKS to Harry!) and in with the new”. Taking on this new adventure at NCR is both pleasure and privilege. Moving country is always exciting but having spent several weeks in Cork...Read more Staff Employees Director Registry The importance of preparatory sensory information for follow-up procedures in cervical cancer screening Thursday, July 14, 2016 - 11:47 CERVIVA study investigates women's sensory experiences of colposcopy and related procedures.Read more Colposcopy Preparatory information Sensory experiences New staff Tuesday, July 12, 2016 - 11:43 The National Cancer Registry would like to extend a warm welcome to Dr Linda Hughes who has recently been appointed to the position of tumour registration officer (TRO) based at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin. Having worked for many years as a staff...Read more The Process of Cancer Registration Friday, July 8, 2016 - 10:53 The National Cancer Registry has permission under the Health (Provision of Information) Act 1997 to collect and hold data on all persons diagnosed with cancer in Ireland. The use of these data for research is covered by the Statutory Instrument...Read more Socio-economic factors influence whether rectal cancer patients have an emergency or planned admission Friday, July 1, 2016 - 11:11 Research just published by researchers working with the National Cancer Registry has shown that social and economic factors were important in determining if patients with rectal cancer were first admitted to hospital as an emergency, and that...Read more Socio-demographic factors Emergency admission Poor survival Cancer Inequalities in Ireland: new report by National Cancer Registry Wednesday, June 8, 2016 - 11:50 A major new report, published online by the National Cancer Registry today, highlights strong patterns of cancer inequality by deprivation, age and, to a lesser extent, urban/rural status. These factors influence the risk of developing cancer (incidence) and the survival, stage at presentation, treatment and associated health conditions (comorbidities) of cancer patients in Ireland. In many instances, these patterns of inequality apply across a range of cancer types.Read more Incidence Survival Treatment Stage Comorbidity Screening Age Urban Rural Deprivation CERVIVA enters into its next phase of high-quality research on HPV with a new HRB-funded ICE award Tuesday, June 7, 2016 - 12:21 CERVIVA and the National Cancer Registry have recently started a major new programme of research funded by the Health Research Board (HRB). For the past decade, with the support of the HRB and a range of other...Read more CERVIVA Cervical screening ICE award HPV HRB Cancer rates in Cobh: a statement from the National Cancer Registry Wednesday, May 25, 2016 - 14:00 In light of recent media reports on cancer rates in Cobh, this is a repost of our 2011 statement. Recent media coverage has interpreted information from the National Cancer Registry as suggesting a link between cancer rates in Cobh, Co....Read more National Cancer Registry Board announces appointment of new Director Monday, May 16, 2016 - 08:30 The National Cancer Registry Board is pleased to announce the appointment, in association with University College Cork, of Professor Kerri Clough Gorr as Director of the National Cancer Registry and University College Cork’s first Professor of...Read more Registry Staff Employees Director Irish Prostate Cancer Outcomes Research (IPCOR) Friday, April 22, 2016 - 12:38 The Irish Prostate Cancer Outcomes Research (IPCOR) group aims to enhance prostate cancer care, improve patient experiences and maximise quality of life for men with prostate cancer. A fundamental part of the...Read more IPCOR Registry Clinical data Quality of Life Inaugural Blood Cancer Network Ireland Symposium Friday, April 15, 2016 - 15:08 Blood Cancer Network Ireland (BCNI) will hold its first annual symposium in Galway on May 27th at NUI Galway. The event is open to clinicians, nurses and scientists with an interest in clinical and translational blood cancer research....Read more BCNI Inaugural meeting Blood cancer Registry Clinical research Trends in female breast cancer in Ireland Friday, March 11, 2016 - 08:17 The latest trends report just published by the National Cancer Registry shows that the chances of a woman developing malignant breast cancer before her 75th birthday currently...Read more Women Trends Incidence Mortality Survival Treatment New cancer incidence maps now available Thursday, March 10, 2016 - 14:25 The National Cancer Registry has released a new set of cancer incidence maps for years up to 2013Read more Maps Incidence Website Statistics Ireland New job vacancy announced Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 13:32 The National Cancer Registry currently has vacancy for a permanent full-time Statistician based at the NCR office in Cork. Full details of this post are available at: http://www.ncri.ie/...Read more What influences bowel cancer screening participation in men and women? Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 09:58 New research published by National Cancer Registry researchers has revealed that different factors influence men and women in their decision to take part in bowel cancer screening. Bowel cancer is the 3rd most commonly diagnosed cancer...Read more Bowel Cancer screening Participation Men Women Minister Varadkar re-appoints members to the Board of the National Cancer Registry Monday, February 22, 2016 - 15:41 The Minister for Health, Leo Varadkar, T.D., has re-appointed the existing seven members to the National Cancer Registry Board. The seven board members are: Dr Susan O’Reilly, who ...Read more Board Appointees Minster for Health Request dataset updated and new blood cancer field included Thursday, February 11, 2016 - 13:12 The Data request dataset / form has been updated to include 2013 cases and a new field has also been included to help define blood cancers.Read more Blood Incidence Statistics Website The financial impact of head and neck cancer caregiving Tuesday, February 2, 2016 - 10:19 A new paper published in the journal of Psycho-Oncology by researchers at the National Cancer Registry has found that...Read more Financial impact Caregivers Psychological distress Registry health economist wins best poster presentation award at recent conference Tuesday, January 26, 2016 - 17:13 Dr Alison Pearce has won a Best Poster Presentation Award at the Health Economics Study Group Winter Meeting 2016 (HESG) held in Manchester in January 2016. The award was given for Alison’s poster “Our...Read more Economics of Health Cancer survivorship Award NCR releases updated online cancer incidence Friday, January 22, 2016 - 11:32 The National Cancer Registry's updated cancer incidence system now includes data up to 2013.Read more Incidence Cancer data Statistics Website Trends in brain cancer in Ireland: our latest report published Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - 00:00 In the latest trends report published by the Registry on primary brain cancer, information is presented on incidence, treatment and survival.Read more Trends Radiotherapy Incidence Surgery Survival Blood Cancer Network Launched Tuesday, January 12, 2016 - 16:09 The Blood Cancer Network (http://www.bloodcancers.ie) is a collaboration of clinicians, scientists, and population health experts with a shared interest in blood cancer research. Members of the national...Read more Two new job vacancies announced Friday, January 8, 2016 - 13:22 Applications are invited for a Research Officer and a Dataset Support Officer who will be employed by the National Cancer Registry to support the Irish Prostate Cancer Outcomes Research (IPCOR) project. The Research Officer will be based at St...Read more Cancer in Ireland 1994-2013: new report by National Cancer Registry Sunday, December 13, 2015 - 17:01 The latest annual report from the National Cancer Registry has been released. Cancer numbers continue to increase, but cancer risk for men may no longer be rising.Read more Annual report Incidence Mortality Survival Treatment Stage Dr Alison Pearce, health economist at the Registry, wins prestigious conference award Monday, November 23, 2015 - 15:46 Dr Alison Pearce has won a Best New Investigator Presentation Award at the Annual European Congress of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR). The award recognises the...Read more Presentation award Lost productivity Cancer deaths Developing economies How do ovarian cancer patients with and without medical cards differ? Tuesday, November 17, 2015 - 09:46 Prescription data can help answer important research questions on a population level. Researchers at the Registry are currently investigating whether cancer patients taking common medications (e.g.. aspirins, statins, and beta-blockers) have...Read more Prescription data Medical cards Socio-demographic differences National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conference 2015 Monday, November 2, 2015 - 16:52 The findings from some of the Registry’s research projects were recently highlighted at the annual NCRI cancer conference Liverpool. The NCRI is a UK-wide partnership between cancer research funders,...Read more NCRI conference Cancer research funders Registry Research Registry research on the costs of cancer to be presented at an international conference in India Thursday, October 8, 2015 - 13:15 Cancer deaths in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (the largest emerging economies in the world) result in over $51 billion (USD) in lost productivity each year. These results are being presented at an international conference in India today.Read more Lost productivity Cancer deaths Developing countries IARC Infection prolongs length of hospital stay after head and neck cancer Wednesday, September 23, 2015 - 10:14 Researchers at the Registry have shown that infection is a significant complication after surgery for head and neck cancer. As in other countries, complex invasive surgery leads to longer hospital stay in Irish hospitals where recovery is frequently hampered by infection. Read more Hospital Length of stay Tracheostomy Infection Registry and CERVIVA investigators present their research findings at HPV 2015 in Portugal Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - 15:02 The 30th International Papillomavirus Conference (HPV 2015) takes place in Lisbon, Portugal from September 17-21. The conference focuses on HPV (human papillomavirus) which is a known cause of cervical cancer and is also implemented in...Read more CERVIVA HPV Primary HPV testing Papillomavirus conference New projects on follow-up of cancer patients Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 13:02 There is little information on the long-term follow-up of cancer patients in Ireland. Two projects, in which the National Cancer Registry is a partner, and plays an important role, propose to remedy this for prostate cancer and for some blood...Read more IPCOR IBCN Patient follow-up Student project identifies ways to make colorectal cancer followup more cost effective Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 14:07 The National Cancer Registry (NCRI) has been delighted to host Antonia Virovska, a student from the Masters of Health Economics program at NUI Galway...Read more Health economics Patient follow-up Gps Summer placements New data request system released Friday, August 21, 2015 - 15:02 A new data request application has been released on the NCR website, allowing users to make requests for specific grouped or individual (row-level) dataRead more Data Requests Statistics Incidence Appointment of new Registration Manager Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 13:51 The National Cancer Registry is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Grace Gregan as its new Registration Manager. This is a senior management post at NCR with prime responsibility for ensuring the provision of accurate reliable data on...Read more Cancer-related symptoms predict psychological wellbeing of prostate cancer survivors Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 10:26 A new paper from the...Read more PiCTure study Men Cancer symptoms Wellbeing Is prostate cancer follow-up by GPs more efficient than hospital based care? Thursday, August 6, 2015 - 11:26 New research by health economists at the registry investigates the costs of prostate cancer followup care in Ireland.Read more Follow-up Economics of Health GP New trends report for lung cancer in Ireland published Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - 14:10 The Registry has published a trends report (number 27) on lung cancer addressing incidence, treatment, mortality and survival for this cancerRead more Trends Incidence Smoking Mortality rates Two more job vacancies announced - Tumour Registration Officers Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 16:02 The National Cancer Registry currently has vacancies for two permanent full-time Tumour Registration Officers. One post will be based at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin and the other post based at the National Cancer Registry head office in Cork....Read more Updated UKIACR performance indicators released Friday, July 24, 2015 - 13:06 The registry performance indicators, comparing the performance of the National Cancer Registry with four registries in the United Kingdom, have been released and are available on our website.Read more Performance Indicators UKIACR Data completeness Data quality What protects against some women experiencing distress following colposcopy? Monday, July 20, 2015 - 10:02 CERVIVA researchers have published a new paper on the results of a qualitative interview study among women who underwent colposcopyRead more Distress Colposcopy Cervical screening Protective factors Our researchers showcase their work at the 11th iHEA World Congress in Milan Monday, July 13, 2015 - 09:37 The 11th iHEA World Congress takes place in Milan, Italy from the 12-15 July 2015. The iHEA (International Health Economics Association) facilitates communication among health economists...Read more Economics of Health World Congress iHEA Three new job vacancies announced Thursday, July 9, 2015 - 14:37 Applications are invited for three Research Officers who will be employed by the National Cancer Registry to support the Irish Prostate Cancer Outcomes Research (IPCOR) project. One post will be based at the Mater Misericordiae University...Read more Research into costs of cancer follow-up wins conference award Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - 14:45 Dr Alison Pearce has won a Young Investigator of the Year Award at the Annual Meeting on Supportive Care in Cancer, hosted by the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer (MASCC) and the...Read more Economics of Health Cancer survivorship Award CERVIVA research symposium on the 12th June, Dublin Tuesday, June 9, 2015 - 11:52 CERVIVA, the Irish HPV Screening Research Consortium, is holding a research symposium on the 12th June in the Alexander Hotel, Dublin. The Registry is one of CERVIVA’s main research partners and has collaborated with CERVIVA since the consortium’...Read more CERVIVA HPV Research Cancer Trends - Myeloproliferative Neoplasms and Myelodysplastic Syndromes Monday, May 25, 2015 - 14:09 The Registry publishes a new cancer trends report on myeloproliferative neoplasms and myelodysplastic syndromesRead more Trends Haematological Bone marrow Treatment CERVIVA launches new website - www.cerviva.ie Friday, May 8, 2015 - 12:03 The HPV collaborative research group CERVIVA has launched a new website, in collaboration with the National Cancer RegistryRead more CERVIVA HPV Research NCRI researchers to attend the All-Ireland Cancer Consortium (AICC) Conference 2015 in Belfast next week Thursday, May 7, 2015 - 09:33 Registry researchers will present on a diverse range of cancer research projects in oral and poster presentation formatRead more AICC 2015 Cancer survivorship Prevention Cancer registrars: The lighthouse in a storm of change Thursday, April 9, 2015 - 13:43 This week we celebrate National Cancer Registrars Week, and recognise the work of the Tumour Registration Officers at the National Cancer Registry Ireland.Read more CDR New job vacancy announced - Registration Manager Tuesday, April 7, 2015 - 16:51 The National Cancer Registry wishes to recruit a full-time Registration Manager with primary responsibility for directing the work of the Registry’s tumour registration officers. This is a unique position within the Registry, with overall...Read more Registry researchers evaluate the psychometric properties of the EORTC-QLQ-PR25 in prostate cancer survivors Monday, March 30, 2015 - 15:58 The National Cancer Registry, in conjunction with the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry has published a new paper from the...Read more EORTC QLQ-PR25 PiCTure study HRQoL The National Cancer Registry and Daffodil Day 2015 Friday, March 27, 2015 - 09:33 The National Cancer Registry supports the Irish Cancer Society's Daffodil Day 2015.Read more Daffodil Day Irish Cancer Society Registry data National Cancer Registry releases updated factsheets Monday, March 23, 2015 - 10:46 The National Cancer Registry has just released an updated set of cancer factsheets, updated with 2012 data. A new 'All cancers' factsheet is also available.Read more Cancer data Statistics Incidence Mortality Survival Childhood cancer on-line incidence now available Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - 10:05 An on-line incidence search for childhood cancer is now accessible on the Registry website in the Incidence statistics section.Read more Childhood Children Statistics Incidence Data Incidence data for 2012 now available Friday, February 27, 2015 - 15:54 The on-line cancer incidence system has been updated to include the year 2012. 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