Progress on cancer survival in UK at slowest in 50 years, study finds
by Anna Bawden Health and social affairs corresponden from World news | The Guardian on (#6JAM8)
Experts blame austerity as rate of advance in improving prognosis has slowed markedly since 2010
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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