More than just a number – the National Cancer Intelligence Network

June 18, 2008

A model of the brainEvery single person with cancer has an individual experience and a story to tell but, statistically speaking, one is not enough. In order to study the impact of cancer, and measure improvements in treatment and survival, researchers need to collect information from as many people as possible.

Now a new initiative – the National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN) – has been set up to do this on an unprecedented scale.

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