Significant increase in cancer survival rate

A “tipping point” has been reached in the war against cancer, with half of newly diagnosed patients surviving at least 10 years, a landmark study has shown.

Many, though not all, of these patients will be no more at risk of dying than members of the general population.

Cancer survival has changed so dramatically since the 1970s that it is time to adopt a whole new way of looking at the disease, say experts.