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Population-based statistics on diagnostic intervals for cancer patients for 24 cancer types diagnosed in 2014 and 2015 in England.
Letter from National Cancer Director, Mike Richards, to remind NHS colleagues of the Be Clear on Cancer campaigns.
Cancer diagnoses and age-standardised incidence rates for all types of cancer by age and sex.
Following a review of the risks associated with use of opioid medicines for non-cancer pain, the Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) has recommended that fentanyl transdermal patches are contraindicated in opioid-naive patients in the UK.…
Cancer Registration Statistics
A leaflet for health professionals to distribute to cancer patients explaining what the cancer registry is and what it does.
This document provides guidance to support operation of the Cancer Drugs Fund in 2011-12. The Cancer Drugs Fund applies in England only.
See how cancer rates have been changing.
A leaflet about bowel cancer screening, developed by and for people with learning disabilities.
A tool to help local commissioners understand the economic case for early diagnosis of bowel cancer, colon cancer and rectal cancer.
This document contains a synopsis of causation occurring in cancer of the breast.
This document contains a synopsis of causation occurring in cancer of the lung.
This document contains a synopsis of causation occurring in cancer of the pancreas.
Project Orbis is a programme to review and approve promising cancer drugs helping patients access treatments faster.
This document provides guidance to support operation of the Cancer Drugs Fund in 2012-13. It replaces previous guidance for operation of the Cancer Drugs Fund in 2011/12. The Cancer Drugs Fund applies in England only.
This release summarises the survival of adults diagnosed with cancer in England between 2016 and 2020 and followed to 2021, and children diagnosed with cancer in England between 2003 and 2020 and followed to 2021.…
Cancer survival statistics for adults and children by stage at diagnosis and by different geographical variations.
Screening standards for the NHS bowel cancer screening programme (BCSP).
This leaflet provides information on having a colonoscopy if further tests are needed after using the NHS bowel cancer screening test kit.
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