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Cancer outcomes in the UK have fallen well behind many of our European neighbours. They've spent the money on the latest drugs and machines, but we haven't
I think the trend is the opposite - the UK used to be a long way behind and now is just quite a long way behind. Like lots of health trends there was pretty good progress / convergence until the early-2010s which then stalled... draw your own conclusions as to why
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It's entirely natural to be bitter about it. Two of my friends died of it in their forties. (I had it, was given a 40% chance of survival, and I'm fine.) Cancer outcomes in the UK have fallen well behind many of our European neighbours. They've spent the money on the latest drugs and machines, but we haven't. To catch up we'd need a big increase in taxation.