Cancer survival in the UK improving, but lagging behind - study
In the UK, rectal cancer survival went up from 48% to 62% over 20 years.
Pancreatic cancer had the lowest five-year survival of all - ranging from 7.9% in the UK to 14.6% in Australia .For lung cancer, Canada had the highest five-year survival while the UK had the lowest . "For lung, ovarian, and oesophageal cancer in particular, survival has increased largely because the quality of surgery has radically improved, and more surgery is taking place than before.
Mr Butler said investing in early diagnosis and cancer care would play a big part in closing the survival gap on other countries.The UK government said other data showed that one-year survival rates in England, for all types of cancer, were at a record high.A Department of Health and Social Care spokesman said:"Cancer survival rates are at a record high, but we are determined to go further and save even more lives.
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