More than 19-thousand new cases of cancer are diagnosed in Ireland every year.

That's according to the latest report from the National Cancer Registry - which shows it's now the second most common cause of death behind heart disease.

The Registry says the rate of breast and prostate cancer diagnosis is growing rapidly.

The NCRI's Annual Report shows the impact of new screening methods - with the rate of diagnosis for new cases of some of the most common cancers greatly increasing over the past four years.

In total, more than 19-thousand invasive cases were diagnosed every year between 2009 and 2011 - with a lifetime risk of 1-in-3 for men and 1-in-4 for women.

Diangoses of breast cancer are now at almost twice the UK rate due to screening - while the introduction of new tests is seeing higher rates of prostate cancer and skin melanomas.

The report says there were almost 9-thousand deaths from cancer in 2011 - making it the second most common cause of death after heart disease.

However our 5-year survival rates are broadly in line with those in the UK - apart from ovarian and kidney cancers - both of which see us rank among the worst in Europe.