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Last reviewed: 15 July 2025

Reports and publications

Explore a selection of our reports and publications from the Cancer Intelligence experts at Cancer Research UK, and through various collaborations.

Last reviewed: 15 July 2025

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Projecting future cancer treatment demand in England

Report

This analysis estimates the increase in future cancer treatment demand in England over the next decade.

Read Projecting future cancer treatment demand in England report(PDF, 2.74 MB) March 2026

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Variation in performance on the Faster Diagnosis pathway

Analysis

FDS performance, median waiting length and proportion waiting each week post-referral were analysed along with results for the different suspected cancer sites/groups.

Faster Diagnosis Standard: Variation in performance on the Faster Diagnosis pathway.(PDF, 4.13 MB) September 2025

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Long-term trends in cancer survival in England and Wales

Report

A study published in The Lancet Regional Health – Europe analysed how cancer survival has changed over nearly 50 years in England and Wales.

Read the Long-term trends in cancer survival in England and Wales paper. September 2025

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Economic losses due to cancer mortality in the UK

Analysis brief

The study shows that the expected loss in future productivity due to cancer deaths in 2023 is £10.27bn.

Read in full - Economic losses due to cancer mortality(PDF, 1.17 MB)June 2025

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Mortality by Deprivation Analysis

Analysis brief

This report examines the relationship between deprivation and cancer mortality in the UK and its constituent countries.

Read the UK Cancer Mortality by Deprivation analysis(PDF, 300 KB) February 2025

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Projected UK cancer cases caused by tobacco

Analysis brief

Almost 300,000 cancer cases are projected to be caused by smoking in the current parliamentary term in the UK.

Read the full Projected UK cancer cases caused by tobacco report(PDF, 492 KB) November 2024

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Cancer in the UK: Overview 2025

Report

This report sets out the key challenges facing cancer services and people affected by cancer in the UK today. It shows that improvements can be made across the cancer pathway – preventing cancers, diagnosing patients earlier and ensuring patients have access to the best treatment options.

Read the 2025 overview of cancer in the UK(PDF, 6.18 MB) February 2025

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Cancer in the UK 2025: socio-economic deprivation

Report

This report updates the Cancer in the UK 2020: socioeconomic Deprivation report and highlights ongoing disparities between the most and least deprived groups.

Read the full Socioeconomic Deprivation Report(PDF, 1.6 MB) February 2025

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Cancer in the UK: Overview 2024

Report

This report sets out the key challenges facing cancer services and people affected by cancer. We’ve made huge progress on cancer in the last 50 years, but new analysis indicates that improvements in survival have slowed.

View the full 2024 Cancer in the UK report(PDF, 2.53 MB) February 2024

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Along the Cancer Pathway

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Behavioural Science and Risk Factors

Explore our data hubs

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Local Stats Data Hub

The local stats data hub gives provides information across the cancer pathway for each constituency area based on publicly available data. It includes information on smoking prevalence, childhood overweight and obesity, bowel screening, cancer waiting...

Local Stats Data Hub

Cancer waiting times data hub dashboard.

Cancer Waiting Times & Diagnostic Activity Hub

The CRUK Cancer Intelligence Team’s Cancer Waiting Times and Diagnostic Activity Data Hub gathers the latest data from across the UK on cancer waiting times performance and diagnostic activity and waiting times. You can view breakdowns for some of this ...

Cancer Waiting Times & Diagnostic Activity Data Hub

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Early Diagnosis Data Hub

The CRUK Cancer Intelligence Team’s Early Diagnosis Data Hub gathers information and statistics across a number of cancer early diagnosis measures including incidence and survival by stage at diagnosis, screening uptake, ...

Early Cancer Diagnosis Data Hub

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Children and Young People’s Cancers Data Hub

The CRUK Cancer Intelligence Team’s Children and Young People Cancer data hub uses data from Public Health England to provide a dashboard for cancer incidence and survival for 0–24-year-olds in the UK and its constituent nations...

Children and Young People's Cancers Data Hub

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Treatment Data Hub

The CRUK Cancer Intelligence Team’s Treatment Data hub gathers information and statistics across a number of cancer treatment measures, including proportions of treatments given over time and detailed data on radiotherapy delivery...

Treatment Data Hub

Archived reports and supplementary analyses

Archived reports and supplementary analyses to view earlier reports and the supplementary analyses for our reports

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