UK Cancer Survival Rate Lowest in Europe
...lack of early diagnosis and treatment to blame! (Michael Moore might want to rethink some of his Sicko conclusions, in light of poor cancer survival rates under the health care system he is nominally so fond of!)
Gee! I wonder which country has the best survival rates?
UK cancer survival rate lowest in Europe
Cancer survival rates in Britain are among the lowest in Europe, according to the most comprehensive analysis of the issue yet produced. England is on a par with Poland despite the NHS spending three times more on health care.
Survival rates are based on the number of patients who are alive five years after diagnosis and researchers found that, for women, England was the fifth worst in a league of 22 countries. Scotland came bottom. Cancer experts blamed late diagnosis and long waiting lists.
“We have good evidence that survival for lung cancer has been compromised by long waiting lists for radiotherapy treatment.”
Prof Richard Sullivan at Cancer Research UK said: “Cancer is still not being diagnosed early enough in all cases.”
Gee! I wonder which country has the best survival rates?
UK cancer survival rate lowest in Europe
