2007 Press Releases

05 Feb 2007

"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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