Cancer taskforce tells NHS: get up to date and save 30,000 lives a year

Outdated treatment, uncertain funding and failure to battle big causes of cancer – with one in five people still smoking – blamed for unnecessary suffering

A new cancer strategy involving a “radical” shake-up in public health prevention and the upgrading of outdated equipment could save 30,000 lives a year, according to its proponents.

A report by the Independent Cancer Taskforce has suggested six “strategic priorities” for the NHS to make “substantial improvements” in cancer care in England at a time when cancer cases are rising.

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