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<p>Through <em>Improving Outcomes: A Strategy for Cancer </em>(2011), the Government
has invested an additional £750 million in improving cancer services, including over
£450 million supporting earlier diagnosis. Earlier diagnosis is an essential element
in delivering against the Government’s ambition to save an additional 5,000 lives
from cancer per year by 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Through the National
Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative, the Department continues to work in partnership
with Public Health England (PHE), NHS England, Cancer Research UK, Macmillan Cancer
Support and other public and voluntary sector organisations to support centrally led
Be Clear on Cancer symptom awareness campaigns and work to support general practitioners
and primary care.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We know that diagnosis at an early
stage of a cancer’s development leads to improved survival chances. An indicator on
the proportion of cancers diagnosed at an early stage is therefore a useful proxy
for assessing improvements in cancer survival rates. This is why the Public Health
Outcomes Framework (PHOF) includes an indicator on the proportion of cancers diagnosed
at stages 1 and 2. <br> <br></p><p> </p><p>PHE has published the proportion of cancers
diagnosed at stages 1 or 2 as part of PHOF. This has also been published as part of
the Clinical Commissioning Group Outcome Indicator Set. PHE’s National Cancer Intelligence
Network is using these staging data to examine the impact of the Be Clear on Cancer
campaigns on any shift in the stage at diagnosis.</p><p> </p>
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