Recession led to 260k extra cancer deaths, experts claim

Hundreds of thousands of cancer deaths around the world may have occurred as a result of the great recession of 2008, experts claim.

Unemployment and austerity were associated with more than 260,000 extra deaths of cancer patients in countries belonging to the Organisation for Economic Development (OECD), a study has shown.

Those countries with universal health coverage , such as the UK, and a record of increased public health spending had fewer casualties.