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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Andrew Gregory Health editor

Thousands dying needlessly from cancer in UK, report says

A NHS worker looks at a screen showing the results of a lung scan
League tables cited by Cancer Research UK show the UK has the worst survival rates in five out of seven forms of cancer compared with Australia, Canada, Norway, Denmark, Ireland and New Zealand. Photograph: NHS England/PA

Thousands of people are dying needlessly from cancer because the UK lags behind comparable countries when it comes to survival rates, a damning report says.

Big strides forward have been made in treating the disease over the past 50 years, according to the study by Cancer Research UK, but slow and late diagnosis coupled with treatment delays mean the progress is “at risk of stalling”.

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