Upper Gastro Intestinal (Upper GI) Cancers

Reports | Events | Clinical Reference Group

This page provides details of NCIN's work on upper GI cancer and the Upper GI Site Specific Clinical Reference Group (SSCRG). This group covers cancers of the oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, pancreas (including duodenum and ampulla) and liver (including primary and secondary liver cancers, bile duct and gall bladder).

Reports on Upper GI cancers

• Is pancreatic cancer becoming more common in the young?
• Geographic Variation in cancer of the lower oesophagus
• Geographic Variation in primary liver and gall bladder cancer

Events

On 19th October 2011, NCIN held a workshop aimed at clinical leads for Upper GI cancers. The presentations from the event can be found below:

On November 25th 2010, NCIN held a workshop aimed at clinical leads for Upper GI cancers. The presentations from the event can be found below:

On November 18th 2009, NCIN held a workshop aimed at clinical leads for Upper GI cancers. The presentations from the event can be found below:

Clinical Reference Group

The Chair of the UGI SSCRG is Mr William Allum, Consultant Upper GI Surgeon, The Royal Marsden Hospital, London. The full membership of the group can be found below.

The lead cancer registry for upper GI cancers is the Thames Cancer Registry (TCR). They support the SSCRG's analytical work programme and lead on requests for data on upper GI cancers.

Meetings

Future NCIN Upper GI SSCRG meetings will be held on the following dates:

• February 29th 2012
• October 1st 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