Research events and conferences in 2015

The National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service (NCRAS, formerly NCIN) annual conference is a major milestone during the year for us in the Evidence department. The conference theme for 2015 was ‘United against cancer: Nationally and internationally’ and was held in Belfast, Northern Ireland. We ensured that our presence at last year’s conference was the biggest to date. To highlight a few specific things, we:

• won five awards for our poster submissions
• chaired three sessions on Clinical Practice, Survivorship and Future challenges for cancer care

• Transitions through phases of care, from Jane Maher. The session was well received by all.
• the Cost of Cancer study, Dr Mauro Laudicella.
• the Transforming Cancer follow-up programme [PDF], delivered by Edel Aughey.

We were thrilled with how the whole event ran and are pleased to announce that for the 2016 NCIN (now NCRAS) annual conference in Manchester, we will be running a full plenary session on survivorship. It is through Macmillan’s research that we are able to push for cancer survivorship conversations to be brought to the rest of the research community in the United Kingdom.

The National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) conference is an event which Macmillan’s Evidence department have attended since 2006.

This year our presence at the conference showcased the breadth and depth of our research activity with themes covering personal need and experience, as well as issues such as epidemiology and costs of cancer.

The NCRI is a UK-wide partnership between cancer research funders which promotes collaboration in the field. As a core partner, the NCRI allows us work with diverse organisations and individuals to share expertise, identify opportunities for collaboration, and broaden the impact of our research. Our presence this year included:

• Presentations of 15 research posters which included new data on cancer prevalence and deprivation, three cancer groups and frameworks for understanding the cancer population
• An exhibition stand where attendees could find a range of research summaries
• Representatives of the Macmillan-funded ColoREctal (CREW) study presented their findings indicating the impact of self-efficacy (ability to cope) on people's outcomes post-treatment.