Other Resources & External Links

Public Information Resources

Our primary focus as an organisation is within the health information community, however links to patient information resources are provided to help those who are seeking information, because a friend or relative has been affected by cancer. The inclusion of any links on this page does not imply endorsement by NYCRIS.

General information, advice and support for patients

NHS Choices - the NHS portal for health queries (includes NHS Direct)
BBC Cancer Guide - general information and useful contacts compiled by the BBC
Cancer Help - the patient information website of Cancer Research UK
MacMillan Cancer Support (now merged with Cancer Backup) - resources for patients ad their families
Cancerguide - links to information resources from a patient's perspective

Sources of Published Cancer Statistics

A great deal of cancer statistics are already in the public domain. It is worth checking whether the data you require is already available in published reports. NYCRIS routinely contributes data to various national and international databases, from which a wide variety of aggregated information is produced. If you are unable to find what you are looking for from these published sources, it may also be possible to request ad hoc information from any of the UK cancer registries - see also Using Cancer Registry Data

UKACR United Kingdom Association of Cancer Registries - NCIS National Cancer Information Service
NICN National Cancer Intelligence Network - Cancer e-Atlas, National Cancer Statistics Reports
ONS Office for National Statistics - England incidence, mortality and survival (ONS virtual bookshelf, Health and Care section)
CRUK Cancer Research UK - UK summary statistics
ENCR European Network of Cancer Registries - Eurocare
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer - CANCERMondial Eurocim
WHO World Health Organisation - Cancer Incidence in Five Continents

Help on Understanding Cancer Statistics

SWCIS Factsheet on Common Epidemiological Terms
SWCIS Factsheet on Cancer Clusters

MDT Coordinators Information Pack
Overview of cancer registration, pathology, classification, diagnosis and treatment.
Plus brief guide to tumour types, medical terminology and anatomy