Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 3 Jun 2025 | Updated: 187 days ago
SAHSU - National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS)
Dataset
Documentation
Associated Media:
Description:
The cancer data was collected via the National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS). It collects, quality-assures, and analyses data on all individuals diagnosed with malignant and pre-malignant neoplasms. NCRAS sources data from hospitals, pathology laboratories, screening programmes, treatment centres, and death certificates, consolidating it into a unified national registry.
The cancer registration dataset includes detailed information on patient demographics, tumour characteristics, diagnostic details, staging, treatment, recurrence, and survival outcome. NCRAS supplies this data to NHS England, where it can be securely linked to other datasets. This enables the provision of cancer status notifications, supports ethically approved research studies, and facilitates the identification of potential participants for clinical trials.
SAHSU provides the following datasets from NCRAS:
- Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy Dataset (SACT)
- National Radiotherapy Dataset (RTDS)
SAHSU holds a data sharing agreement with NHS England and has access to a restricted subset of variables from the full dataset.
The dataset may be internally linkable with SAHSU's environmental datasets, including air pollution and green space.
Coverage
Spatial:
England
Typical Age Range:
0-150
Follow Up:
Other
Provenance
Origin
Purposes:
Disease registry
Sources:
Other
Temporal
Accrual Periodicity:
Static
Start Date:
01 January 1974
End Date:
31 December 2017
Time Lag:
More than 6 months
Accessibility
Access
Access Rights:
Access Service:
Certified Secure Research Environment
Access Request Cost:
Variable
Delivery Lead Time:
Variable
Jurisdictions:
GB-ENG
Data Controller:
Imperial College London
Data Processor:
Imperial College London
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
Research-specific restrictions
Data Use Requirements:
- Collaboration required
- Ethics approval required
- Geographical restrictions
- Institution-specific restrictions
- Not for profit use
- Publication required
- Project-specific restrictions
- User-specific restriction
- Disclosure control
Resource Creators:
Small Area Health Statistics Unit
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
LOCAL
Conforms To:
LOCAL
Languages:
en
Formats:
csv