Survival rates for most deadly cancers making little progress, experts warn

Posted: 13th August 2025

Source: The deadly cancers left behind by 50 years of success – BBC News

The number of people surviving cancer has improved hugely in the past 50 years, but experts warn progress has been uneven with some cancers with the worst survival rates falling further behind.

For some, including melanoma skin cancer, 10-year survival is now above 90% in England and Wales, while for all cancers half of patients can expect to live that long – double the figure in the early 1970s.

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