6 h. ago Difference in survival rates between different types of cancer is bigger than ever while overall improvements have slowed, study reveals

The proportion of UK patients surviving ten years or more ranges from 97 per cent for testicular cancer to just 4.3 per cent for pancreatic cancer.

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7 h. ago Experts warn that progress in cancer survival rates is ‘slowing’

The study, led by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and funded by Cancer Research UK, analysed long-term trends in the cancer survival index (CSI)

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7 h. ago Speed of improvement in cancer survival rates ‘slowing’, say experts

The Government launched a call for evidence to help shape a national cancer plan earlier this year.

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18 h. ago New ‘remarkable’ pancreatic cancer vaccine offers fresh hope for patients

Researchers found patients with pancreatic cancer and bowel cancer survived more than two years after receiving the vaccine

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39 h. ago ‘Remarkable’ pancreatic cancer jab offers longer survival hope for patients

Researchers found patients with pancreatic cancer and bowel cancer survived more than two years after receiving the vaccine

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64 h. ago Cancer treatment saved my life but left me unable to have sex

Like many women, when Anna Sullivan was diagnosed with breast cancer at just 37-years-old, her primary concern was surviving

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8 d. ago 'I thought I was going to die': Victoria Derbyshire reflects on fear following shock cancer diagnosis

The BBC presenter opens up about the moment she thought she wouldn’t survive, a decade after being diagnosed with breast cancer

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3 w. ago Cancer survivor who shouted 'I love you, Kate' at the Princess of Wales during Wimbledon final reveals he'd had 'too much Pimm's' before his emotional outburst

During a rare spell of quiet, Father Jim Sichko, a Catholic priest from Lexington, Kentucky , US, took the opportunity to express his admiration for the royal when he cried out: 'I love you, Kate!'

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3 w. ago 'I survived cancer and have miracle son – but now he could die'

Nikki Seymour waited 20 years to finally become a mum after suffering several miscarriages before she was diagnosed with breast cancer – but her miracle child now has a life-threatening illness

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