Cancer diagnosed in initial stages triples chance of survival

Figures have revealed that if cancer diagnosed early, patients are three times more likely to survive the disease, stressing the importance of symptoms being picked up by patients and doctors before tumours have a chance to spread.

The analysis undertaken by Cancer Research UK showed that 80 per cent of patients with one of the eight most common cancers survive for at least 10 years if the disease is diagnosed in its early stage. This figure drops to 25 per cent in cases of late diagnoses, after tumours have spread.

Researchers studied the survival rates for bladder, cervical, bowel, womb, breast, skin, testicular and ovarian cancers, all of which make up 40 per cent of all cases in the UK.

Sara Hiom of Cancer Research UK, said “These figures show the prize on offer if we can diagnose more cancers earlier.”

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