Northern Ireland ‘lagging woefully behind’ on survival rates for some cancers

The Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce has shared data about survival rates in Northern Ireland (Liam McBurney/PA)

Northern Ireland is “lagging woefully behind” on survival rates for cancer, a lobby group has said.

The Less Survivable Cancers Taskforce (LSCT) has shared data which ranks Northern Ireland as low as 30th for five-year survival for lung cancer and 29th for pancreatic cancer out of 33 countries of comparable wealth and income levels.