Monday 9 June 2014

Cancer charity claims older patients are being denied life-saving surgery

Cancer charity claims older patients are being denied life-saving surgery Macmillan Cancer Support claims that those aged 75 or over are being discriminated against.

Older lung cancer patients are being denied life-saving surgery, a charity has said. Those aged 75 or over who are otherwise in good health and whose cancer has not spread are five times less likely to be given life-extending surgery than younger patients, Macmillan Cancer Support said.

England and Wales have the worst five-year lung-cancer survival rates in Europe among the over 75s, a spokesman said. Continue reading... The Guardian

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