This month's COVER Think Tank debates the emotive issue of medical treatment for cancer in the UK. Lucy Quinton reports.
Lucy Quinton:What is the current state of cancer care in thiscountry? Karol Sikora:If you take Europe as the benchmark, in termsof the amount spent on healthcare and theamount spent on cancer, we get far less for ourpound. The reasons for this are complex and goback several years. Lucy Quinton:A study a few years ago showed wealthycountries such as Germany, France, Italy andSweden have a higher number of cancersufferers but also have the best survival rates.In contrast, Britain had a relatively lowincidence of cancer compared with its Europeanneighbours but more in common with theforme...
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