Cancer Research UK Cancer Survival Group
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Our research is designed to describe and explain local, national, international and socio-economic differences and inequalities in cancer survival. The results help policy-makers to target investment in cancer services to improve survival and reduce inequalities. We also invest in methodological innovation in survival analysis. We have shown that socio-economic inequalities in survival in England were increasing up to 2001, a finding that has had important policy implications. The EUROCARE-3 study has indicated lower survival in the UK than in some other European populations, although the differences are becoming less marked for some cancers. Geographic differences in survival are being explored within the UK and, in the EUROCARE and CONCORD projects, in collaboration with cancer registries and research institutions in more than 30 countries worldwide. We collaborate close with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on a range of projects, analysing and publishing trends and socio-demographic patterns in cancer survival for all the major cancers by age, sex and socio-economic status in England. We are currently examining cancer incidence, mortality and survival trends among South Asians, the largest ethnic minority in Britain. Geographic differences in survival are being explored within the UK and internationally, in the EUROCARE and CONCORD projects. With the Childhood Cancer Research Group and the UK Clinical Trials Service Unit in Oxford, we have shown that childhood leukaemia incidence increased over much of the 20th century, and survival rose steadily since the 1960s. We have also begun international collaborations to develop the methodology for cancer survival analysis. Statistical software and other tools for cancer survival analysis have been made freely accessible via these webpages. For a comprehensive guide to our programme of work please go to our Research page. Cancer Research UK Cancer Survival Group |