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It currently takes six years to report the number of cancers which occur in a specific year in England & Wales.
Comparisons of incidence and survival with the rest of Europe are often based on data from a few regional cancer registries which do not completely cover the countries concerned and cannot validly be extrapolated to whole countries.

How recent are the mortality statistics presented in this lecture?
Why does it take so much longer to produce statistics on incidence of cancer?
How long does it take to produce national statistics on cancer incidence and mortality in your country?

Further reading:
Berrino F et al. Introduction. The EUROCARE II Study. Eur J Cancer 1998;34:2139-2153 http://www.sciencedirect.com/