More than 1 million lives saved in the UK over past four decades due to advances in cancer care

More than 1 million lives saved in the UK over past four decades due to advances in cancer care More than a million lives have been saved over the past four decades thanks to cancer advances, analysis shows.

UK cancer death rates have fallen by about a quarter since the mid 1980s, in a ‘golden era’ of improved diagnosis and treatment.

The rise in screening programmes and a drastic fall in smoking have combined to stop a further 1.2 million lives being lost, according to Cancer Research UK. The Daily Mail

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