The Thames Cancer Registry is the primary data source for information on cancer incidence in London. Their information is from patients case notes and pathology reports identified in NHS trusts. Information on deaths, from the Office of National Statistics, and data on screening programmes for breast and cervical cancer supplement these records. Together these elements go to form a record that tracks individual patients through their treatment. Summary data at health authority level available from the TCR web site.
Users have to register and pay a small fee for access to data sets.
The Longitudinal Study is a unique data set that can be used for specific research purposes. This is a very complex data set that requires co-operation with ONS or academic colleagues. See also NHS Information Authority portal site. Bas e Access is restricted to those who are on NHS net . It is based jointly at the Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London and the Unit for Health-care Epidemiology, Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oxford.