General Article What’s the story behind the new UK cancer statistics?

Topic Selected: Cancer Book Volume: 422

By Rob Mansfield

Cancer incidence, mortality and survival data from across the devolved nations (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) are routinely collected via cancer registries. Globally, UK cancer data is considered among the most accurate and, while this data may be updated throughout the year, new datasets are usually released only once a year.

What do the UK cancer statistics tell us?

Our team at World Cancer Research Fund has collated the latest cancer data available from th...

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