Acute care

Cancer survival rates improve

2010-04-19T10:44:00

More people with breast, colon, lung and prostate cancer are surviving into a fifth year if diagnosed between 2003 and 2007 than if they were diagnosed between 2001 and 2006.

Survival rates for the four most common cancers in England have improved, according to a round-up from the Office for National Statistics.

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