Northern and Yorkshire Cancer Teams

National Cancer Registration Service
Knowledge and Intelligence Team

Haematological Cancers

Haematological Cancers Lead Area

Lead Site Haem

Haematological Cancers

This work is coordinated by a local lead researcher, Dr Steven Oliver (affiliated with the Leukaemia Research Fund Epidemiology and Genetics Unit at York University), in collaboration with several clinical leads for haematology. An information analyst (funded by the NCIN, shared with colorectal cancer), works with a national haematological cancer dataset, which comprises, in the first instance, registry data linked to HES. Some of the preliminary analyses have been presented as posters.

Where do patients with blood cancers die? An analysis of the latest ONS mortality statistics for England & Wales (2001-09) has been carried out (April 2011) in order to examine the patterns of place of death seen for haematological cancers. This forms the basis for a NCIN data briefing which you can access here and an eAtlas that allows you to explore the variation in patterns seen by cancer network and the different forms of haematological cancer.

Lead Area Pages - the Haematology part of this website is divided into the following areas:
Publications & Lead Activity - Registry & Coding Resources - Data Sources & Interpretation


NYCRIS Lead Registry Areas - Colorectal and Haematological Cancers

NYCRIS currently leads national analyses on colorectal and haematological cancers, as part of the NCIN work programme. NYCRIS has already benefited for some time from the local interest and enthusiasm of clinicians and pathologists interested in exploiting the potential of population-based comprehensive datasets. NYCRIS has also had a ‘headstart’ with national work in colorectal cancers as a result of receiving (together with the University of Leeds) funding for research projects from, initially, the PELICAN Foundation and then from Cancer Research UK. It is likely that from 2009/10 and subsequently, further funding will be available from the NCIN for lead area activity. Formal National Site Specific Clinical Reference Groups (SSCRG) have been created. See NCIN for all lead area pages, including Colorectal & Haematological cancers