Is UK Falling Behind the Rest of Europe in Cancer Survival?

This is not the kind of news that Britons will be happy to hear.

A report on cancer survival that compares deaths from cancer in UK with 13 other countries in the rest of Europe has some definitely disconcerting news. The report is being presented at the launch of the National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative (NAEDI), a part of Cancer Research, UK.

The report compared death rates for 39 cancers, including lymphomas, between UK and other European countries and has come to the conclusion that each year, nearly 11,000 deaths could be prevented in the UK if only their rates could match the European average.

This report should prompt the NHS to take measures for an earlier diagnosis and more effective treatments to meet the increasing threat of cancer in their population.