Cancer charities call for earlier diagnosis as cases projected to surge in England by 2040

NHS may struggle to cope with more than 6 million predicted new cases over next 15 years, study shows

Cancer cases are projected to surge in England by 2040, with a person diagnosed every two minutes, up from one every four minutes in the 1970s.

More than 6 million new cases of the disease are predicted to be diagnosed over the next 15 years, with the NHS at risk of being unable to cope unless action is taken to prevent more cases and diagnose the disease earlier, when it is more treatable.