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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Anna Bawden Health and social affairs correspondent

Progress on cancer survival in UK at slowest in 50 years, study finds

Lung cancer scan
Lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide. Photograph: Getty Images

Progress on cancer survival in the UK has slowed to its lowest rate in 50 years, a report has found, with experts blaming the impact of austerity on the nation’s health.

The study by researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, commissioned by Cancer Research UK, projects there will be half a million new cancer cases each year in the UK by 2040.

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