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
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
Data brief
Using the latest available incidence data from each nation this brief provides data and insight into cancer trends in the UK over time, by age, gender, and cancer site.
Read the data brief in full(PDF, 741 KB) - April 2026
Data brief
Using the latest available mortality data from each nation this brief provides data and insight into cancer trends in the UK over time, by age, gender, and cancer site.
Read the data brief in full(PDF, 732 KB) - March 2026
Report
A study published in The Lancet Regional Health – Europe analyses how cancer survival has changed over nearly 50 years, from 1971-2018, in England and Wales.
Find out more about long-term trends in cancer survival in England and Wales - September 2025
Report
This study estimates the years of life lost due to cancer in the UK in 2023, and calculates the resulting expected loss in cost for future labour productivity.
Read the report in full(PDF, 1.17 MB) - June 2025
Report
Our CRUK-NHS England partnership team have calculated conditional 1- and 5- year cancer survival estimates for patients diagnosed in England between 2015 and 2019.
Find out more about 1- and 5- year conditional survival - May 2025
Report
This report examines the relationship between deprivation and cancer mortality in the UK and estimates the number of cancer deaths in the UK linked with deprivation.
Read the report in full(PDF, 300 KB) - February 2025
Report
This report highlights ongoing disparities across the cancer pathway between the most and least deprived groups, and the opportunities for meaningful progress.
Find out more about Cancer in the UK: socio-economic deprivation – February 2025
Report
This analysis projects the number of UK cancer cases and deaths over the current parliamentary term (2024-2029), and how this compares with the previous term.
Read the report in full - September 2024
Publication: BMJ
This study analyses trends in UK cancer cases and deaths in adults aged 35-69 from 1993-2018. It looks at trends for all cancers combined, and the most common cancers.
Find out more about 25-year trends - March 2024
Publication: BJC
This study estimates the years of life lost to cancer in the UK by age, cancer site, and trends over time. This enables further insight on the impact of cancer.
Find out more about years of life lost due to cancer - September 2023
Peer review publication
This study analyses cancer incidence rates in England, focusing on differences by broad ethnic group, and how cancer risk compares across populations.
Find out more about Cancer incidence by broad ethnic group - March 2022
Report
In partnership with the National Cancer Registration Services (NCRAS), we have produced 10- year survival by stage estimates for the East of England for eight cancers.
Read the full report on the NCRAS website - February 2021
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 data for UK constituencies on our interactive hub. Find information on cancer cases, deaths, smoking, overweight and obesity, early diagnosis and waiting times.
Explore data on cancer incidence and survival for 0-24 year olds on our interactive hub. You can find information by country, cancer site, age, and gender for the UK.
Visit the archive to view earlier reports and supplementary analyses.
Prevention Policy Research to view our policy on different ways of preventing cancer.
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