Cases of cancer diagnosed in Western Trust rose by 5.7 per cent to 1,755
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New figures from the Queen’s University NI Cancer Registry (NICR) show the Western Trust recorded the biggest increase in cancer diagnoses of any health authority over the period. The registry analysed cancer cases diagnosed over the months April to December during the years 2018 to 2021. Researchers found there was a 13.5 per cent decrease in diagnoses from 1,661 per year in 2018/2019 to 1,437 in 2020 in the Western Trust. But the number of cases rose sharply again - by 22 per cent - from 1,437...

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