Lead Cancer Registries

Each of the English cancer registries has taken the lead for one or more tumour sites. The lead registries for each site are shown below.

Tumour siteLead Registry
Breast cancerWest Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
Brain & CNS cancersEastern Cancer Registry and Information Centre
Colorectal cancerNorthern and Yorkshire Cancer Registration and Information Service
Gynaecological cancersTrent Cancer Registry
Haematological cancersNorthern and Yorkshire Cancer Registration and Information Service
Head & neck cancersOxford Cancer Intelligence Unit
Lung cancerThames Cancer Registry
SarcomasWest Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit
Skin cancerSouth West Public Health Observatory
Upper GI cancersThames Cancer Registry
Urological cancersSouth West Public Health Observatory
Children & TYANorth West Cancer Intelligence Service
Childhood Cancer Research Group

Requests for information about multiple tumour types should initially be directed to the applicant's local cancer registry. Requests for regional information should be directed to cancer registry covering that region (a tool to identify the appropriate registry can be found here).