Drop in UK death rates from cancer

Research is the key cause behind the 22% drop in UK death rates from cancer reported between 1990 and 2011, says new research.

In 1990, 220 in every 100,000 people died of cancer ,but this figure fell to 170 per 100,000 in 2011, due to improved knowledge about preventing the disease, surgical techniques, precisely-targeted radiotherapy and more effective drugs all boosting the outcome for patients

 

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