Thurs. 29 Sept Session 5: Public Health

Chair: Professor John Ashton CBE, Regional Director of Public Health/Regional Medical Officer, NHS Executive North West

10.30: Keynote address: Progress in cancer control in Europe
Professor Peter Boyle, Director, IARC

10.50: The impact of mammographic screening and hormone replacement therapy on breast cancer incidence in England and Wales
Professor Henrik Moller, Director, Thames Cancer Registry and Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit (ICR)

11.05: Trends in the incidence of and survival from cutaneous malignant melanoma by stage in the Yorkshire region of England,
1993-2002

Dr Amy Downing, University of Leeds

11.20: Is cancer control improving in the elderly?
Dr Tony Moran, Director, North Western Cancer Registry

11.35: 5 minute gap to allow for deviation from the schedule

11.40: Trends in prostate cancer and its management in the South West Region, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
Ms Christine Harling, Head of Information, South West Cancer Intelligence Service

11.55: Comparison of survival analyses of breast and colorectal cancer using quintiles of deprivation derived at ward level and SOA-level in the Trent Strategic Health Authority (SHA) area
Catherine Thomson, Information & Statistics Manager, Trent Cancer Registry

12.10: 5 minute gap to allow for deviation from the schedule

12.15: A changing association between deprivation and colorectal cancer incidence


Alison Crawford, Northern and Yorkshire Cancer Registry and Information Service