CANCER
A NEW REPORT ON LUNG CANCER CARE HAS, ONCE AGAIN, HIGHLIGHTED THE ROLE THAT HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS SUCH AS COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS CAN PLAY IN IMPROVING POOR SURVIVAL RATES.
‘DRASTIC IMPROVEMENT’ REQUIRED IN LUNG CANCER CARE
Scotland, representing a quarter of all cancer deaths – more than twice as many as any other cancer. Lung cancer has the poorest survival outcomes of any other cancer type in Scotland and is ranked 27th out of 29 European countries for five-year lung cancer survival.
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ung cancer is the biggest cancer killer in Scotland. In 2014, there were 4,117 deaths caused by lung cancer in
Now, a report by the UK Lung Cancer Coalition (UKLCC) has called for a ‘drastic improvement’ in lung cancer care in order to improve poor survival rates.
Established in 2005 with the founding ambition of tackling poor lung cancer survival outcomes and, specifically, to double five-year survival by 2015, the UKLCC feel that lung cancer is not prioritised as it should be compared with other common cancer types. As a
result, the body has called for a drastic improvement in care for those with lung cancer across the UK in order to raise five-year survival rates to 25 per cent by 2025.
If achieved, from 2025 onwards, this would result in more than 1,300 additional Scottish deaths prevented within five years of diagnosis each year – tripling the number of current five-year survivors.
‘Currently only one in ten (9.8 per
cent) people with lung cancer are still alive five years after diagnosis in Scotland,’ says Dr Marianne Nicolson, consultant medical oncologist, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. ‘Despite concerted efforts to tackle inequalities and improve prevention and outcomes, five-year survival rates in Scotland still lag severely behind our European counterparts and compare poorly with other major common cancer types. Steps to improve early diagnosis, along with better
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