2007 Press Releases
"Cancer Facts and Fables" - UCC Public Lecture, 7 February
Cancer is on the increase affecting more young people than ever.
This increase is due to increasing environmental pollution and the
stress of modern life. People living near landfills, mobile telephone
masts, high tension lines and the Irish Sea coast are at greatest risk,
but we are all endangered by waste from nuclear power stations and the
fallout from Chernobyl. Despite fifty years of research we are no
closer to a cure for cancer; the outlook for most cancer patients is
generally poor, no better than it was in the 1960s, and much the same
right across Europe and America. As treatment has improved so
little, screening offers the best hope of reducing mortality from
cancer.
Some of these are facts; some are fables. Do you know which? To
hear more come along to UCC's Boole Lecture Theatre 4 at 8pm on
Wednesday, 7 February where Dr Harry Comber, Director of the Irish
National Cancer Registry will deliver the next lecture in the UCC
Faculty of Science Public Lecture Series. The highly popular lecture
series, organised by Professor William Reville of the Faculty of
Science, UCC, continues weekly until 28 March 2007. Admission to
the lecture is free, and as always, members of the public are invited
to attend.
Harry Comber was appointed as the first Director of the Irish National
Cancer Registry (www.ncri.ie) in 1992. The Registry publishes an annual
report and extensive statistics on cancer in Ireland and has an active
research programme on the causes, diagnosis, treatment and outcome of
cancer. Prior to his appointment to the Cancer Registry, Dr Comber
worked as a biochemist and general practitioner.
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