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Official statistics 2021
LUNG, BOWEL, BREAST, UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER AND MELANOMA INCIDENCE AND SURVIVAL STATISTICS FOR NORTHERN IRELAND: 1993-2021
Official statistics on lung cancer, breast cancer, bowel cancer, upper gastrointestinal cancer and malignant melanoma diagnosed in Northern Ireland during 1993-2021 were published on 26th Oct 2023 at 9:30am. This release provides details of the number of cancer cases diagnosed each year along with incidence rates over time and data for a range of geographic areas. Survival trends and prevalence data (the number of people alive) are also provided. These data can be accessed here.
Official statistics on incidence, survival and prevalence of cancer diagnosed in 1993-2021 will be released at 9.30am on Tuesday 21st May 2024.
Newsletter 2023
09 February 2024
The N. Ireland Cancer Registry Newsletter 2023 is now available for download, please click this link
The N. Ireland Cancer Registry 2023 Operational Report
03 April 2023
The most up-to-date N. Ireland Cancer Registry Operational Report 2023 is now available for download please click here.
CANCER INCIDENCE AND SURVIVAL STATISTICS FOR NORTHERN IRELAND: 1993-2020
Official Statistics on all cancers diagnosed in Northern Ireland during 1993-2020 were published on 9th Feb 2023 at 9:30am. This release provides details of the number of cancers diagnosed each year along with incidence rates over time and data for a range of geographic areas and cancer types. Survival trends and prevalence (the number of people alive) is also provided. These data can be accessed here
The CanStaging+ Tool
The CanStaging+ Tool developed by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry and IARC has been published on The Lancet Oncology August 2021 issue. To read the research paper please click this link.
Primary liver cancer in the UK: Incidence, incidence-based mortality, and survival by subtype, sex, and nation report.
The Northern Ireland Cancer Registry data included in UK wide report "Primary liver cancer in the UK: Incidence, incidence-based mortality, and survival by subtype, sex, and nation". To download a copy of the report please click here.
The impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on cancer diagnosis
25 June, 2020
During the last few weeks of March 2020 lockdown restrictions began to be put in place in Northern Ireland to help prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Consequently some key cancer services, such as breast and bowel screening, were impacted, while many potential cancer patients did not come forward with symptoms due to concerns over the virus. Find out more click here
National Cancer Diagnosis Audit
17 January, 2020
The Northern Ireland Cancer Registry took part in the UK wide National Cancer Diagnosis Audit. Six GP practices took part in the pilot audit in NI. To view the full report click here.
Macmillan & NICR Partnership End of Left Report 2015
8 August, 2019
The Northern Ireland Cancer Registry and Macmillan Cancer Support have worked together to product a report for Emergency Admission in the last year of Life for People Dying of Cancer in Northern Ireland in 2015. To download both the full report and summary report please click here.
Life after Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
22 March, 2019
LAPCD launch takes place on Tuesday 26th March 2019 in the Upper Lecture Theatre of Clinical Science Block A. Please click this link to access the LAPCD Research page.
Northern Ireland Cancer Registry Peer Review
18 June, 2018
The Northern Ireland Cancer Registry recently had a Peer Review consisting of representation from European Network of Cancer Registries (ENCR), Queen’s University Belfast, Public Health Agency and a Patient Represent from N.Ireland Cancer Network (NICaN) Patient Forum. Download the NICR 2018 Peer Review Report
Members of the Review Panel pictured above with Dr Anna Gavin and Dr Lesley Anderson from the Registry.
L-R; Prof Ken Mills, Chair NICR Steering Group; Dr Elizabeth Van Eycken, Director, Belgium Cancer Registry, (ENCR rep); Janine McCann, N.Ireland Cancer Network, Patient Forum; Dr David Morrison, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Director Scottish Cancer Registry; Dr Anna Gavin, Director NICR; Dr Lesley Anderson, Acting Deputy Director NICR; Prof Donna Fitzsimmons, Head of Nursing and Midwifery, QUB Representative; Dr Louise Herron, PHA Representative.