Ten-year survival for cancer doubles in 30 years

From from Cancer Research UK today figures – calculated by Professor Michel Coleman and his team at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine – show that while survival varies widely between different types of cancer, on average a patient with cancer now has a 46.2 per cent chance of being alive ten years after diagnosis* . This compares with 23.6 per cent 30 years ago** . Overall five-year survival is now 49.6 per cent. The charity is setting ten ambitious new goals to achieve by the year 2020.