‘Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce’ reports UK has low survival rates compared with other developed countries for cancers including liver, oesophageal, pancreatic and stomach
The UK has some of the worst cancer survival rates in the developed world, according to new research. Analysis of international data by the Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce found that five-year survival rates for lung, liver, brain, oesophageal, pancreatic and stomach cancers in the UK are worse than in most comparable countries. On average, just 16% of […]
Significant rises in bowel cancer in under 50s reported in the journal Annals of Oncology
The rate at which people under the age of 50 in the UK are dying from bowel cancer is on course to rise by a third this year, according to projections that experts say are alarming and stem from a surge in obesity, poor diets and physical inactivity. Death rates among those aged 25 to […]