Men’s Higher Risk of Getting / Dying from Cancer

During June 2013, the Irish Cancer Society (ICS) launched 'A Report on the Excess Burden of Cancer among Men in the Republic of Ireland' to mark Men’s Health Week 2013.  This report shows that men are at greater risk of getting cancer and dying from it than women.  ICS commissioned the Centre for Men’s Health in the Institute of Technology Carlow and the National Cancer Registry of Ireland to produce this landmark document.  It is the first of its kind to look at cancer incidence and mortality from a gender perspective in Ireland.  The full report and an executive summary can be downloaded from: www.cancer.ie/content/irish-men-more-risk-getting-and-dying-cancer-women