Why is the UK Lagging on Cancer?

Your chances of surviving cancer in the UK remain below the European average. And only in former eastern bloc states are you more likely to die if you develop lung, breast, prostate and colorectal cancer, Why? The good news is that, all in all in the UK, cancer survival rates are improving. But why they still lag behind those of their European neighbors is what is at issue and it is not an easy question to answer. More money than ever before is going into a UK cancer strategy which pledges more specialist staff and equipment and places strict limits on how long you must wait for referral and treatment. The key to improving cancer survival rates is early diagnosis. One way would be to do it through nationwide screening. Some of this is being done but apparently not enough.