Statistics

• Health & Medicine

The cancer registry is saving lives, but you’ve probably never heard of it

The UK’s data on cancer leads the world, and we should be telling people about that. The UK’s data on cancer leads the world, and we should be telling people about that.

20 December 2016

• Health & Medicine

New obesity figures for England show growing problem

New obesity figures show the average man in England weighs nearly a stone more than he did 20 years ago. New obesity figures show the average man in England weighs nearly a stone more than he did 20 years ago.

14 December 2016

• Health & Medicine

Children’s cancer death rates drop over 20 years

The rate of children dying from cancer has fallen by more than 30 per cent in the last 20 years, according to the latest figures released by Cancer Research UK. The rate of children dying from cancer has fallen by more than 30 per cent in the last 20 years, according to the latest figures released by Cancer Research UK.

17 November 2016

• Health & Medicine

More people are getting cancer, but what do the numbers really mean?

New figures we’ve released today estimate that by the year 2035, half a million people could be diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK. New figures we’ve released today estimate that by the year 2035, half a million people could be diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK.

12 October 2016

• Health & Medicine

Annual UK cancer cases set to soar to half a million in less than 20 years

Five hundred thousand people will be diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK by 2035 if trends continue, according to a Cancer Research UK study. Five hundred thousand people will be diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK by 2035 if trends continue, according to a Cancer Research UK study.

12 October 2016

• Health & Medicine

Our Local Cancer Statistics website – three years on

We explore how local data is shaping cancer services in your area. We explore how local data is shaping cancer services in your area.

3 October 2016

• Health & Medicine

Low cancer symptom awareness linked to lower chance of survival

In regions where cancer survival is poorer, people on average have lower awareness of cancer symptoms. In regions where cancer survival is poorer, people on average have lower awareness of cancer symptoms.

28 September 2016

• Health & Medicine

Cancer Research UK boosts efforts to overcome deadliest cancer as rates climb

Cancer Research UK has tripled its investment in pancreatic cancer, one of the hardest cancers to treat, since launching its research strategy in 2014. Cancer Research UK has tripled its investment in pancreatic cancer, one of the hardest cancers to treat, since launching its research strategy in 2014.

20 July 2016

• Health & Medicine

Cancer number one cause of death in England and Wales

Cancer accounted for over a quarter (28%) of all registered deaths in 2015, according to figures released by the Office of National Statistics. Cancer accounted for over a quarter (28%) of all registered deaths in 2015, according to figures released by the Office of National Statistics.

14 July 2016

• Health & Medicine

Are patients being told about opportunities to take part in research?

We see if all patients had equal opportunity to take part in cancer research. We see if all patients had equal opportunity to take part in cancer research.

12 July 2016

• Health & Medicine

Melanoma diagnoses hit 10,000 a year for over 55s

For the first time in the UK, more than 10,000* people aged 55 and over were diagnosed with malignant melanoma in a single year. For the first time in the UK, more than 10,000* people aged 55 and over were diagnosed with malignant melanoma in a single year.

1 July 2016

• Health & Medicine

More than two years of missed NHS cancer targets and real people are still being left in limbo

An important NHS cancer waiting time target has now been missed for over two years in England, and it's simply unacceptable. An important NHS cancer waiting time target has now been missed for over two years in England, and it's simply unacceptable.

12 May 2016