News round-up: Charles Cully Lecture on health inequalities and cancer
Professor Sir Michael Marmot (pictured), the leading international expert on health inequalities, was in Ireland on Monday to give the annual Charles Cully Lecture, held in the memory of one of the founding members of the Irish Cancer Society and hosted jointly this year by the Irish Cancer Society and the Irish Society of St Vincent de Paul.
Among the data outlined by Prof Marmot on Monday was the stark revelation that people in poorer and marginalised parts of Irish society have up to 70% greater risk of some forms of cancer, including lung and cervical cancer.
Here is some of the news coverage of Monday's lecture:
- Irish Daily Mirror: Poorer people 70 per cent more likely to get certain cancers, report claims
- Irish Examiner: Cancer rates higher in areas of high unemployment and low education
- Irish Examiner: Editorial - Most at risk helped least
- TheJournal.ie: Poor people 70% more likely to get lung, stomach and cervical cancers
- Irish Independent: Jobless are 'up to 70pc more likely to develop cancer'
- irishhealth.com: Higher cancer rates among poor people
- Drivetime on RTE Radio 1 interview with Irish Cancer Society Head of Services Donal Buggy:
There was also a news report on the speech given by Ms Audry Deane, Social Policy Officer with the Society of St Vincent de Paul, prior to Professor Sir Michael Marmot's lecture:
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Slidecast
Watch and listen to an audio slidecast of Professor Sir Michael Marmot's Charles Cully Lecture below
Professor Sir Michael Marmot's Charles Cully Lecture on health inequalities and cancer from Irish Cancer Society
