6 cancer less likely to survive...58% of patients die within a year
Jan 17, 2025
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More than half of the patients diagnosed with the cancer die within a year in the UK, the researchers said.
Citing research data from the Cancer Research UK, the British media Daily Mail reported that 58% of people diagnosed with lung cancer, liver cancer, brain cancer, esophageal cancer, pancreatic cancer and stomach cancer in the UK will die within a year. In addition, the fatality rate of other cancer patients during the same period was about 30%.
Statistics in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales were much lower. In this region, the fatality rate was more than 60% within one year after these cancer diagnosis.
More than 90,000 people are diagnosed with one of six cancers with low survival rates each year, accounting for nearly half of all common cancer deaths, according to the Cancer Institute of the United Kingdom.
These cancers are often diagnosed in the late stages, and only 28% of patients in the UK are diagnosed in the early stages of treatment.
This is a low number considering that 54% of other cancers were diagnosed in stage 1 or stage 2.
Cheryl Brandon, 52, of Surrey, England, was diagnosed with stage 4 esophageal cancer in December 2022.
"It started with reflux and indigestion, and the doctor prescribed medication to reduce the amount of stomach acid," he wrote. "At first, the symptoms improved, but after about six months, my chest started to feel pain, it became difficult to swallow, and I started to choke every time I ate."
As a result of further examination, he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. Surgery was difficult because it had already spread to the lungs, liver, vocal cords, and lymph nodes.
Afterwards, he was miraculously cured after chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
Actor Alan Rickman died a year after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2015 at the age of 69, while actor Patrick Swayze of the movie "Dirty Dancing" and "Love and Soul" also died a year and a half after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2009.
Tom Parker, a member of the UK's leading boy group 'The Wanted', was diagnosed with a fatal glioblastoma among brain tumors in October 2020 and died in March 2022.
Despite the prevalence of cancer with low survival rates, research funds are low compared to diseases with high survival rates, the UK"Cancer Countermeasures Committee' noted. The committee said it will "commit to the targeted task of bringing hope to thousands of patients and their families and improving survival rates through the expansion of government-level support."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
