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Cancer diagnosis on the increase

The number of people being diagnosed with cancer in the UK each year has hit more than 330,000 for the first time, according to the latest figures published recently by Cancer Research UK.

The number of people being diagnosed with cancer in the UK each year has hit more than 330,000 for the first time, according to the latest figures published recently by Cancer Research UK.While more people than ever are being diagnosed with cancer, research has led to more people surviving the disease. Survival has doubled in the last 40 years thanks to improvements in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.In 2001 there were around 283,000 cases diagnosed which means there has been an increase of nearly 50,000 over 10 years.The main reason for the increase in cases is the ageing

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