Cancer survival rates three times higher with early diagnosis

Cancer survival rates three times higher with early diagnosis


Data from Cancer Research UK suggests 80% of patients survive for at least 10 years after being diagnosed in early stages of eight of most common cancers

The survival rate for people with eight of the most common cancers is more than three times higher when the disease is diagnosed early, Cancer Research UK said on Monday.

Data for thousands of patients between 1996 and 2000 suggests just over 80% of those with cancer survive for at least 10 years when their disease is diagnosed at stage one or two but only a quarter of those diagnosed at stage three or four live for at least a decade more. Guardian

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