Cancer Equalities
NCEI | NCIN analysis | Cancer Equalities Portal
This page summarises details of NCIN's work to support equality in cancer care and outcomes.
The Cancer Reform Strategy highlighted that the challenge in reducing inequalities in cancer is the lack of evidence about the extent to which different forms of inequalities exist, what causes them and what interventions will be most effective in addressing them.
In recognition of these challenges, a National Cancer Equality Initiative (NCEI) has been set up to bring together key stakeholders from groups including healthcare professionals, the voluntary sector, academics, and equality champions to develop research proposals on cancer inequalities, to test interventions, and to advise on the development of wider policy.
NCIN analysis and publications
Many of NCIN's publications highlight potential inequalities and in March 2010 NCIN produced a summary of evidence on cancer inequalities in England for the NCEI. Other NCIN reports and data briefings relevant to cancer inequalities are:
Reports
Data briefings
Breast Cancer: Deprivation (October 2010)
Breast Cancer in the Elderly (October 2010)
Breast Cancer: Ethnicity (October 2010)
External analysis and publications
The Roots Research Centre equalities toolkit
Cancer Equality Portal
In addition to producing analytical reports, NCIN has prepared a Cancer Equalities Portal. This portal brings together a range of equality metrics, with the aim of informing action to tackle inequalities and measuring progress towards this. The portal was been launched to support the NCEI's report Reducing cancer inequality:evidence, progress and making it happen
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