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Reports and publications

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

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Progress towards the Government’s commitment on the 62-Day target

Report

This report assesses whether interim NHS targets and a Government commitment on the 62 day cancer waiting time target will be met and how much more improvement is needed.

Find out more about this report - October 2026

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How many cancer patients received a drug CRUK helped to develop

Report

CRUK has contributed to the development of many cancer drugs in use today. The CRUK-NHS E partnership has calculated the proportion of patients treated with these drugs.

Read the report in full - September 2026

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Cancer in the UK: Age

Report

Our 2026 report Cancer in the UK: Age aims to support a more nuanced understanding of how cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment and outcomes vary by age.

Find out more about Cancer in the UK: Age July 2026

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Cancer in the UK: Overview 2026

Report

This report summarises the current impact of cancer on people and health services in the UK today. It looks at where progress is being made and what challenges remain.

Find out more about Cancer in the UK: Overview - April 2026

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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.

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

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Cancer in the UK 2025: socio-economic deprivation

Report

This report updates the 2020 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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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

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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

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Cancer Cases, Deaths and Survival hub

Use our interactive data hub to explore UK cancer statistics. Find information by country, cancer site, age, trends over time, deprivation and future projections.

Explore the 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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