The Public Health Forum for Cancer Networks and PCTs in South East England held its third workshop “Cancer Survival Workshop: Survival methods, debates and relevance for commissioning” on 20th May 2010. The meeting was held at King's College London and attended by around 50 public health professionals. We are pleased to make some of the presentations available as pdf documents below.

Introduction to routine reporting of cancer survival by cancer registries (PDF)
Mr Vivian Mak, Information Team Leader, Thames Cancer Registry

Investigating risk factors for poorer survival (PDF)
Ms Ruth Jack, Information Analyst, Thames Cancer Registry

Can one year cancer survival be used as a performance measure for PCTs? (PDF)
Dr Jeffrey Lake, Specialist Trainee, NHS Lambeth

Interpreting differences in survival across one region (PDF)
Dr Edwina Affie, Assistant Director of Public Health, NHS Islington

How much does lung cancer survival vary across England? (PDF)
Miss Sharma Riaz, Information Analyst, Thames Cancer Registry

What do European comparisons of survival really tell us?  (PDF)
Professor Henrik Møller, Director, Thames Cancer Registry