Britain's shame over the cancer toll on women… nearly the worst in Europe
British women are more likely to die from cancer than those in almost every other European country, an alarming report has revealed. Death rates here are worse than those in Croatia, Russia, Bulgaria and Lithuania. Overall England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are all in the bottom ten of a cancer mortality 'league table' covering 36 European nations. It comes despite Labour tripling funding for the Health Service since 1997. Health experts say the obesity epidemic, Britain's booze culture and lack of cancer drugs and doctors on the NHS are all to blame. Although death rates for most types of...
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