Health
Cancer patients will live for less time because of NHS care suspension – The Guardian
Much screening, testing and treatment of disease halted during the Covid-19 pandemic
People with cancer will die sooner because the NHS suspended so much screening, testing and treatment of the disease during the pandemic, according to new research.
The chances of people in the UK with breast cancer surviving for five years after diagnosis could fall from 85% to 83.5%, the IPPR thinktank and CF healthcare consultancy found.
Five-year survival for bowel cancer could drop from 58.4% to 56.1%, while people with lung cancer would see their chances of being alive after that time fa…
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