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Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) Audit Project

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) Audit Project

Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a rare but aggressive form of liver cancer with increasing incidence worldwide. In the UK, around 3,100 people are diagnosed each year, but outcomes remain poor, with some of the lowest survival rates of all cancers ...
Post Imaging Pancreatic Cancer (PIPC)

Post Imaging Pancreatic Cancer (PIPC)

Pancreatic cancer is often diagnosed at a late stage, with many patients presenting as emergencies, and when curative treatment is no longer possible. However, earlier signs of the disease may appear on imaging
Costs of cancer by stage at diagnosis

Costs of cancer by stage at diagnosis

Stage at cancer diagnosis is highly prognostic, influencing eligibility for curative treatment and overall survival. Even among the most fatal cancer types, survival can vary significantly by stage at diagnosis.
Endometrial Cancer Audit Pilot (ECAP)

Endometrial Cancer Audit Pilot (ECAP)

There are over 9,700 new cases of uterine cancer diagnosed every year in the United Kingdom. Since the early 1990s, uterine cancer incidence rates have increased by around three-fifths (59%) in females in the UK....
Ovarian cancer audit feasibility pilot

Ovarian cancer audit feasibility pilot

The ovarian cancer audit feasibility pilot is jointly funded by The British Gynaecological Cancer Society, Target Ovarian Cancer and Ovarian Cancer Action and is being delivered by ...
PEUGIC Root Cause Analysis

PEUGIC Root Cause Analysis

15,800 people in the UK are diagnosed with oesophageal or stomach (together termed upper gastrointestinal) cancer every year. Endoscopy is the main diagnostic test that is used to identify gastrointestinal cancers but it is not perfect...
Kidney Cancer Quality Performance Indicators

Kidney Cancer Quality Performance Indicators

Over 13,000 people are diagnosed with kidney cancer in the UK annually and the incidence has increased by 36% over the last decade [CRUK data for 2017] now being the seventh commonest cancer...
Cholangiocarcinoma (AMMF)

Cholangiocarcinoma (AMMF)

Inequalities in the speed and quality of diagnosis and the management of cancer may have an impact on outcome. Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is typically asymptomatic in early stage disease and so most patients ...
CORECT-R

CORECT-R

Colorectal cancer is a major public health problem. Each year in the UK over 41,000 people are diagnosed with the disease and 16,000 die from it. Overall, survival rates are poor. High-quality data...
PCCRC Audit

PCCRC Audit

Colonoscopy is the main diagnostic test used to identify colorectal (or bowel) cancer and involves a thin tube with a camera on the...
Real-world Standing Cohorts

Real-world Standing Cohorts

The Real-World Standing Cohort study is a data analytical project which provides insight into the patient pathway to understand how cancer treatments are working and where...
The National Audit of Breast Cancer in Older Patients

The National Audit of Breast Cancer in Older Patients

The National Audit of Breast Cancer in Older Patients aims to investigate and improve the quality of hospital care for older patients with breast cancer.
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