The number of people surviving cancer has improved hugely in the past 50 years – but experts warn progress has been uneven, with some cancers with the worst survival rates falling further behind.
For some, including melanoma skin cancer, 10-year survival is now above 90% in England and Wales, while for all cancers half of patients can expect to live that long.
But a London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine study said there had been little improvement in those affecting the oesophagus, stomach and lungs – and less than 5% survive pancreatic cancer for 10 years.
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