TY - BOOK ID - 135313580 TI - Decision-making for investment in early diagnosis interventions for cancer: An interview-based study for Cancer Research UK AU - Elmore, Natasha L. AU - Bertscher, Adam AU - Lichten, Catherine A. AU - Rodriguez-Rincon, Daniela AU - Sussex, Jon PY - 2020 PB - Santa Monica, Calif. RAND Corporation DB - UniCat UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:135313580 AB - Cancer survival is lower and mortality rates are higher in the United Kingdom (UK) than in some other high-income countries. An important way to improve cancer survival in the UK is to increase the proportion of cases that are diagnosed early, as patients diagnosed at stages I and II have the best chance of successful treatment and long-term survival. Cancer Research UK awarded a grant to RAND Europe to undertake research with the purpose of helping Cancer Research UK's Early Diagnosis programme to better understand how National Health Service (NHS) commissioners of healthcare services and NHS Cancer Alliances make decisions about early diagnosis interventions at local level, with a particular focus on England and Northern Ireland. The decision-making landscape in England was shaped by the 2019 NHS Long Term Plan and the Implementation Framework that goes with it; meanwhile in Northern Ireland a new cancer strategy was under active development in 2019. We gathered evidence through more than 30 interviews with stakeholders at Cancer Alliances and national bodies in England, and from six interviewees from national bodies and at local level in Northern Ireland. ER -