Central Nervous System Cancers

Reports | Events | Clinical Reference Group

This page provides details of NCIN's work on cancers of the Central Nervous System tumours. The Site Specific Clinical Reference Group (SSCRG) covers cancers and low grade tumours of the brain, spinal cord and adjacent tissues including skull base and pituitary.

Reports on CNS Cancer

The following reports focus on CNS Cancer.

• Central Nervous System (CNS) Tumours – developing a national tumour registry
• Analysis of the cancer registry combined database for use with the Brain and CNS Registry

Events

On 10th March 2011, NCIN held a workshop aimed at clinical teams in specialist CNS cancer centres. The presentations from the meeting are below:

On 11th March 2010, NCIN held a workshop aimed at clinical teams in specialist CNS cancer centres. The presentations from the meeting are below:

Clinical Reference Group

The Chair of the SSCRG is Professor Peter Collins, Department of Histopathology, Addenbrookes Hospital. The full membership of the group can be found below.

The lead cancer registry for CNS cancers is Eastern Cancer Registration and Information Centre. They support the SSCRG's analytical work programme and lead on requests for data on CNS cancers.

Meetings

Future SSCRG meetings will be held on the following dates:

• February 16th 2012
• September 11th 2012

To find out more about these meetings please contact the NCIN Co-ordinating Team by emailing Nicky Coombes or calling 020 8282 6247.

Membership