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The Guardian - UK
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Anna Bawden Health and social affairs correspondent

MYSTERIOUS: Progress on cancer survival in uk at slowest in 50 years study finds - You Need To See This

Lung cancer scan
Lung cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide. Photograph: Getty Images

Progress on cancer survival in the UK has slowed to its lowest rate in 50 years, a report has found, with experts blaming the impact of austerity on the nation’s health.

The study by researchers at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, commissioned by Cancer Research UK, projects there will be half a million new cancer cases each year in the UK by 2040.

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