IntroductionAround 325,000 people were diagnosed with cancer in 2010in the UK (approximately 890 people per day) [1]. More than1 in 3 people in the UK will develop some form of cancerduring their lifetime. Worldwide, around 12.7 million newcases of cancer were estimated in 2008. Currently, half ofpeople diagnosed with cancer will survive for at least fiveyears. With constant advancements in cancer research andhealthcare provision, cancer survival rates in the UK havedoubled in the last 40 years. Still, cancer remains the mostcommon cause of death (29%) followed by circulatory diseases(28%) such as heart disease and strokes [2]. Further advancesdepend crucially on consistent and comparable data collec-tion.