Survival - A to Z

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Cancer Research UK has been at the heart of many of the major breakthroughs in cancer over the past 100 years. Our work on the causes, prevention, detection and treatment of cancer has saved millions of lives across the world.

Thanks to advances in cancer research and improvements in cancer care, survival rates have improved for nearly all of the most common cancers, and the overall death rate for cancer has fallen by 9% in the past ten years.

But we can't be complacent - there is still much to do if we are to achieve our aim of beating cancer.

Find out more about cancer survival rates using the links below.

News story: Longer survival times for people with cancer
22 November 2011
Press Release: Poor people more likely to view cancer as fatal
6 October 2011
Press Release: Cancer rates rise in middle-aged
18 July 2011
Press Release: Poorer women less likely to survive breast cancer
9 June 2011
Press Release: Ovarian cancer survival doubles in 30 years
9 March 2011
News story: New cancer strategy focuses on earlier diagnosis and improved access to treatment
12 January 2011
Press Release: Deaths from cancer in children fall by almost 60 per cent since the '60s
12 November 2010
News story: Study finds childhood cancer survivors have higher risk of dying years later
15 July 2010
Press Release: Liver surgery leads to 'remarkable' boost for bowel cancer survival
2 June 2010
News story: Radiotherapy delays linked to small increased risk of breast cancer recurrence
3 March 2010

Press Release: More than five thousand children saved since 70s thanks to better cancer treatment
14 November 2011
News story: Report shows early diagnosis key to improving pancreatic cancer survival
7 September 2011
Press Release: Deprivation leads to over 2,600 deaths a year
17 June 2011
News story: Cancer survivorship 'varies by sexual orientation'
9 May 2011
Press Release: Late breast cancer diagnosis in elderly leads to poor survival
16 February 2011
News story: UK survival for major cancers improves, but still lags behind other countries
22 December 2010
News story: Cancer survival rates improving across England
9 September 2010
Press Release: Long-term survival from once-deadly cancers doubles
12 July 2010
News story: Lung cancer survival higher in Sweden than England
30 April 2010
News story: New analysis suggests that lung cancer patients who quit smoking increase chances of survival
27 January 2010

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