UK cancer outcomes ‘lag behind’ those of countries with clear plan, say experts

CANCER outcomes in Britain “lag behind” those of countries with dedicated plans to tackle the burden of the disease, experts said today.
A new cancer plan should be a “key priority” for the government, academics said as they warned that without dedicated policies “more patients with cancer will undoubtedly die.”
In a new commentary piece, published in the journal Lancet Oncology, experts argue that cancer waiting lists in Britain are “still the worst they have ever been.”
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