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<p>In June 2018, The National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS) published
three reports relating to patient travel times and cancer, in response to the Independent
Cancer Taskforce recommendation 27.</p><p> </p><p>The reports are available at the
following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.ncin.org.uk/cancer_type_and_topic_specific_work/topic_specific_work/travel_times"
target="_blank">http://www.ncin.org.uk/cancer_type_and_topic_specific_work/topic_specific_work/travel_times</a></p><p>
</p><p>The reports cover the following topics:</p><p>- Travel Times and Methodology
summarises NCRAS’ investigations of several possible ways of calculating travel times;</p><p>-
Travel Times and Cancer Survival is an overview of survival for the four most common
cancers, relative to travel time to the nearest hospital with a relevant multidisciplinary
team; and</p><p>- Travel Times and Cancer Treatment is a report on treatment with
radiotherapy for localised prostate cancer, relative to travel time to a radiotherapy
centre.</p><p> </p><p>Postcode-level data is potentially disclosive and is therefore
not made routinely available. Such data may be made available to researchers who apply
through Public Health England’s Office for Data Release, with a specific health-care
related research question and appropriate research ethics permissions.</p>
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