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Cancer registration: patient information leaflet

A leaflet for health professionals to distribute to cancer patients explaining what the cancer registry is and what it does.

• From: Public Health England
• Published: 3 November 2016
• Last updated: 11 January 2019
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  1. 11 January 2019

     Added latest version of the leaflet.

  2. 24 January 2017

     Uploaded latest version of the leaflet.

  3. 3 November 2016

     First published.

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Cancer registration: why it matters and what you need to know

Ref: PHE publications gateway number: 2018747

PDF, 1.28 MB, 2 pages

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Details

This leaflet should be given to cancer patients to help them understand:

• why information about cancer is recorded
• the benefits of recording cancer data
• how this information is used
• how they can see their record
• how they can have their information removed

Copies of this leaflet can be ordered by emailing the National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service.