Wed. 28 Sept: Session 3 Cancer services research and audit

Chair: Dr Liz White, Medical Director, Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust

13.40: Keynote address: National clinical audit in lung cancer: a paradigm shift in data quality

Professor Mick Peake, Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals of Leicester

14.00: The role of a cancer registry in promoting change in cancer services
Dr Anna Gavin, Director, Northern Ireland Cancer Registry

14:15: A population based study on patterns of care and survival for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in the Republic of Ireland: how do we compare with the USA?

Dr Deirdre Cronin, Research & Data Analysis, National Cancer Registry of Ireland

14.30: 5 minute gap to allow for deviation from the schedule

14.35: Results from year 1 of the Breast Cancer Clinical Outcome Measures (BCCOM) project

Dr Catherine Lagord, Breast Cancer Audit Project Manager, West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit

14.50: Improving outcomes in breast cancer: audit of care in Central South Coast Cancer Network
Dr Richard Hancock, Head of Audit, South West Cancer Intelligence Service

15.05: Radiotherapy waiting times in breast cancer patients

Dr Elizabeth Davies, Senior Lecturer in Cancer Registration, Thames Cancer Registry