Cancer

The National Cancer Registry reports that there are approximately 1,576 new cases of lung cancer diagnosed in Ireland every year, with 563 of these are in females and 1,014 in males.

Dr Oscar Breathnach tells Colin Kerr that there is a need to get the message across that when young people begin smoking, it is often the start of the ‘cancer curve’ The smoking ban in public places has been a major initiative in the fight against lung cancer.

It is time to protect patients from “vile and cynical exploitation” by the alternative medicines industry, according to a leading UK oncologist.

In an Austrian study, marathon runners had more atypical moles and other skin lesions suggestive of a risk for skin cancer, according to a new report.