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This 50% figure is debunked here: http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/08/17/we-need-to-be-careful-when-comparing-us-and-uk-cancer-care/ http://scienceb
by andy_ppp 9y ago
This 50% figure is debunked here: http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/08/17/we-need-to-be-careful-when-comparing-us-and-uk-cancer-care/ http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2009/08/17/we-need-t...
In the end largely detection in the US is quite a bit better but the actual cancer care is similar.
- jandrewrogers 9y agoPrecisely. Survival rates are strongly correlated with early detection and the US is pretty obsessive about that. If you read the various papers on the subject, UK has poor survival rates because they have poor early detection rates. And in fairness, it is expensive to do the amount of screening that causes the US to have good survival rates. Either way, the difference in survival rates is stark.
- andy_ppp 9y agoNo, that’s not what the article says in totality, have you read it? Your statement that in all cancer you’re 50% more likely to die in the UK requires at least a link. It’s just not supported. With prostate cancer the linked article explains the difference.