Monday, 9 December 2019

Patients should no longer consider cancer diagnosis a death sentence, experts insist

Patients should no longer consider cancer diagnosis a death sentence, experts insist Cancer should increasingly be seen as a manageable condition like diabetes rather than thought a death sentence, experts said last night.

The Institute of Cancer Research says huge progress that allows patients to live longer is being overshadowed by a focus on the ‘Holy Grail’ of finding a cure.

Survival time from cancer has roughly doubled in a decade, and the average patient now lives more than ten years after diagnosis. The Daily Mail

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