Cancer Information Tools
Free tools | Tools for authorised users | Tools from other organisations
Free tools
These tools provide a range of information for the general public or those with a particular interest in cancer or cancer services. They are free to access and each tool provides instructions on its use and details of the data included.
The aim of the Cancer e-Atlas is to provide the public, health care professionals, commissioners and health service managers with basic information on incidence, mortality and survival for the main types of cancers in males and females.
This portal brings together a range of equality metrics, with the aim of informing action to tackle inequalities and measuring progress towards this. The data are presented as a series of interactive maps and can be displayed either by cancer type or equality group using the buttons below.
The mortality profiles are interactive spreadsheets showing trends in cancer mortality rates in England for under 75 year olds by different levels of geography. This tool has been developed to support the monitoring, commissioning and planning of local cancer services. Produced by the South West Public Health Observatory on behalf of the National Cancer Action Team and National Cancer Intelligence Network.
The Cervical Screening and Cancer e-Atlas is a web-based analysis tool that gives instant access to current comparative cervical screening and cervical cancer data at local and national level. Its aim is to provide the public, health care professionals, commissioners and health service managers with the most up to date combined information on screening (coverage, timeliness and results) and cancer (incidence, mortality and survival) for England, in the same place for the first time. e-Atlas prepared by Trent Cancer Registry.
The Prevalence e-Atlas is an interactive tool which uses maps, charts and data tables to display cancer prevalence data by cancer network for the UK. The data displayed are those published in the NCIN report One, Five and Ten-year Cancer Prevalence.
Tools for authorised users
The Cancer Commissioning Toolkit is an online library of key cancer information and data which can be easily accessed by commissioners for use in the preparation of their commissioning plans. The toolkit is available only to authorised users.
The GP Practice Profiles bring together a range of outcomes and process information relevant to cancer in primary care. They provide readily available and comparative information for benchmarking and reviewing variations at a general practice level. GP Practice Profiles are currently available only to authorised users via the Cancer Commissioning Toolkit.
UKCIS is a national web-based reporting tool, running across the NHS national network, providing the user access to cancer information for their area. The UKCIS is available only to authorised NHS users.
Tools from other organisations
Health Profiles is the Department of Health's programme to improve availability and accessibility to heath and health-related information in England. They give a snapshot overview of health for each local authority in England. Health Profiles are produced annually by the Public Health Observatories in England working in partnership and are commissioned by the Department of Health.