Irish cancer deaths 'higher'
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Death rates from many cancers in Ireland are higher than in the rest of Europe, a cross-border report finds.
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NEW YORK  - In women with breast cancer,  the probability of dying from that malignancy, as opposed to  some other cause, can range from 3 percent to 85 percent,  depending on factors such as disease stage and patient age at  diagnosis, new research shows.
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MONDAY, Feb. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Women are three times more likely than men to die of genital nonmelanoma skin cancer, new U.S. research shows.
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The death toll from the Asian tsunami in Burma may be higher than official figures suggest, the UN says.
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U.S. cancer deaths rose by more than 5,000 in 2005, a somewhat disappointing reversal of a two-year downward trend, the American Cancer Society said in a report issued Wednesday.
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Cancer survival in the UK is below the European average, despite recent improvements, a report says.
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U.S. cancer deaths rose by more than 5,000 in 2005, a somewhat disappointing reversal of a two-year downward trend, the American Cancer Society reported
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Heart disease is Britain' biggest single  killer disease but more people are more worried about  developing Alzheimer's or cancer, according to a survey  released on Friday.
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Awareness of skin cancer is increasing but people are still not protecting themselves, warn experts.
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The number of children dying from abuse could be much higher than previously thought, the NSPCC says.
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People with cancer should get more help with the financial costs of dealing with the condition, campaigners say.
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The number of mutated genes driving cancer development is greater than previously thought, research shows.
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Close relatives of cancer patients are often at substantially higher risk than the population at large of developing cancer themselves, a study of 32,000 cancer patients over nearly 50 years has revealed.
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Health experts urged Ireland to  introduce a national screening program for cervical cancer  after a report published on Tuesday revealed deaths from the  disease are higher than in Britain and Northern Ireland.
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Researchers singled out the deaths of more than 300,000 cancer patients, because deaths from cancer are usually more predictable and less sudden than those from heart attacks, strokes or other ailments.
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The number of drug related deaths in Scotland rises by a quarter, according to new figures.
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Rates of obesity and diabetes are rising across England, although life expectancy has never been higher, government data reveals.