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Dec 12 2023
Bradley Lowery: West Bromwich Albion suspend fan over ‘disgusting’ tweet about cancer victim | UK News

A football supporter has been suspended by his club after an alleged “hateful” social media post about Sunderland fan Bradley Lowery was shared online.

West Bromwich Albion said in a statement they are “appalled” by the “disgusting” post.

The Championship club said it is helping police with their inquiries after hearing about a “hateful social media post referencing Bradley in the wake of the club’s defeat at the Stadium of Light on Saturday.

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“Bradley was an inspirational young Sunderland fan who captured the heart of the nation as he bravely battled stage four high risk neuroblastoma – a rare form of childhood cancer – before his tragic passing, aged just six in, 2017,” read a club statement.

“Albion have identified and suspended the account of a supporter pending further legal inquiries and reserves the right to issue an indefinite club ban.

“The club are appalled by the disgusting post and offer their sincere apologies to Sunderland AFC and the Lowery family”.

Bradley Lowery, aged five, who is terminally ill with cancer, meets Sunderland's Jermain Defoe. Pic: Anna Gowthorpe/PA Archive
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Bradley Lowery with Sunderland’s Jermain Defoe. Pic: Anna Gowthorpe/PA Archive

The Bradley Lowery Foundation said on X it was “extremely sad that this keeps happening”.

Last month, a Sheffield Wednesday season ticket holder who mocked the boy’s death at a match, was given a suspended prison sentence and ordered to do 200 hours unpaid work.

A judge told Dale Houghton, 32, from Rotherham, his actions were “utterly appalling”.

Before he died, Bradley, who was a Sunderland mascot, was pictured with his favourite player, Jermain Defoe.

The striker spent time in hospital with Bradley and led out the England side with him for an international match.

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Oct 16 2023
More than half of people do not trust NHS to deliver timely cancer treatment – poll | Politics News

More than half of people have no faith they would receive timely treatment on the NHS if they were diagnosed with cancer, a poll has suggested.

The poll, by Savanta for the Liberal Democrats, also showed people are ignoring moles they think are cancerous and even attempting to remove lumps themselves because they think it will take too long to see a GP.

Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said the results show the Conservatives have “broken people’s faith” in local services.

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Savanta asked 2,185 people how confident they were that they would be seen within a two-month timeframe if they were referred to a specialist for suspected cancer.

Some 40% said they were confident they would, but 52% were not confident and around 9% did not know.

People were also asked which of the following, if any, they had done because they thought it would take too long to be seen by a GP.

Some 21% said they had called NHS 111, 13% had ignored a lump or suspicious mole completely, 11% had self-diagnosed a lump or mole using the internet and 8% had gone straight to A and E with a lump or mole they thought could be cancerous.

Some 8% paid for private treatment to inspect a lump or mole and 7% had attempted to remove a mole on themselves or someone else.

Sir Ed said: “It’s shocking to see how badly people’s faith in their local health services has been broken by this Conservative government – to the extent that people are now putting their own health at risk by ignoring possible cancer symptoms.

“Early diagnosis and treatment of cancer is vital for improving someone’s survival, but these statistics show that some people have lost confidence that they will get it.”

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Sir Ed has promised to introduce a guarantee for cancer patients to begin treatment within two months if his party holds the balance of power after the next general election.

He has previously shared how he lost both parents at a young age to cancer.

The Lib Dems are looking to make major gains at the next election and have around 80 “blue-wall” seats in their sights where they came second to the Tories in 2019.

They have been focusing on the NHS as part of plans to woo Conservatives in the rural heartlands.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made slashing waiting lists one of his five key priorities for government.

But the number of people in England waiting to start routine hospital treatment has continued to hit a record high.

An estimated 7.75 million people were waiting to start treatment at the end of August, the latest figures show, up from 7.68 million in July.

The data showed all cancer waiting time targets were missed.

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Oct 6 2023
‘Speed is of the essence’: Liz Hurley encourages people to see a doctor if they think they have breast cancer | Ents & Arts News

One woman will be diagnosed with breast cancer every 10 minutes in this country and one man every day and yet until the 1990s it wasn’t a topic for discussion. Ever.

Evelyn Lauder, whose mother-in-law Estee Lauder founded the famous cosmetics company of the same name, was one of the first to change that.

Co-creator of the pink ribbon in 1989, a few years later Lauder signed up the actress and model Liz Hurley to be the global ambassador for the Estee Lauder Companies’ Breast Cancer Campaign.

The move helped open up the breast cancer conversation.

Hurley, whose grandmother died of breast cancer, tells Sky News: “I think we’ve come a long way in the years that I’ve been with Estee Lauder Companies’ breast cancer campaign.

“Certainly when the campaign was started 30 years ago there was virtually no awareness of breast cancer.

“The pink ribbon hadn’t been invented. October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month didn’t exist.

“When my grandmother was diagnosed in the early 90s she found her own lump and was mortified and embarrassed and didn’t tell anyone including her doctor for about a year by which time unfortunately it had spread. So that’s why this campaign was started to try and make breast cancer not something that was whispered but shouted about.”

And yet despite all the publicity every October, 10% of women never check their breasts and two in five rarely do.

They think it will never happen to them but Hurley says that’s a big risk.

She continues: “Unfortunately one in eight of us will get breast cancer in our lifetime. So it’s sort of playing the odds quite dramatically if you think you won’t be one of those eight.

“I think it’s probably better when you’re of the age to get screened, which is 50 plus in the UK, and I personally believe because I know so many women who found their own lumps in their own breasts when they’re younger, that I feel it would be good advice to check your breasts regularly.

“But I think knowing that mortality rates have dropped more than 42% since the late 80s is because treatments are better, treatments are targeted and most breast cancers are found earlier.”

Breast cancer remains a taboo subject in some Asian and African communities, where cancer treatment can amongst other things affect fertility.

Hurley says: “‘It’s very important for us to learn about these difficulties. Different types of breast cancer affect different types of women very differently. And we’re finding out more and more about that and putting more and more of our research money actually into studies to examine how breast cancer can affect diverse communities.”

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Hurley sat down for an interview with Jacquie Beltrao

Going to the GP quickly can be the key to surviving this disease, which still kills 11,500 women in the UK every year, or 31 every day.

And if you find a lump it will be acted upon.

Hurley continues: “‘From the women I’ve spoken to if they found a lump in their breasts the NHS deals with it very quickly in taking them to the next stage, which is biopsy.

“Most people sort of know their bodies and we know if something doesn’t feel right.

“It might not be something as tangible as a lump. It could just be feeling bad and then in that case you have to be very firm and try and get as many tests as you can – at the very least a blood test. I would advise people if they feel something is wrong to be as persistent as you can with your doctor.”

Scientists are closer to finding a cure than they were 10 years ago but they are not there yet.

Hurley says: “The fact that there’s targeted treatments now means women are more likely to survive today than in the past. But everything hinges on early detection, for a breast cancer to be found early and it’s still localised there’s more than a 90% chance of survival.

“I would say be breast aware, familiarise yourself with your own breasts. Be aware of any changes and don’t be afraid to go to the doctor. Quickly. Speed is of the essence.”

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Sep 26 2023
Ovarian cancer: Improvement work under way amid concerns treatment in Scotland is a ‘postcode lottery’ | UK News

Improvement work is under way amid a report that treatment for ovarian cancer in Scotland is a “postcode lottery” and has left some women with no option but to pay for private healthcare.

MSP Carol Mochan said she was “dismayed” to read a newspaper’s report of a “two-tiered health system, where the wealthy can afford treatment and even those on average incomes have little choice but to spend most of their savings on surgery to keep them alive”.

During topical questions at the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday, Ms Mochan added: “If you are poor, it seems your [option is to hope] you can get surgery on the NHS before it is too late.”

Jenni Minto, minister for public health and women’s health, said regional cancer networks have undertaken improvement work to reduce ovarian cancer surgery waits.

She added: “The Scottish government continues to monitor these activities and support progress in improving overall care for ovarian cancer patients.

“The NHS continue to prioritise cancer care and where there is an urgent suspicion of cancer, they make every effort to ensure a patient is seen quickly – with median waiting times to treatment for those on our urgent pathways being four days.”

Ovarian cancer is called a “silent killer” as it is often detected once it has advanced and spread, making treatment more difficult.

Treatment will usually involve a combination of surgery and chemotherapy.

The Sunday Post report claimed that women in northern and eastern Scotland are able to access treatment and surgery quickly, while those in the west face delays unless they can pay for their own.

One woman from Ayr opted for private surgery as she did not want to play “Russian roulette” with her life.

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The concerns come two years after the launch of Scotland’s flagship Women’s Health Plan to help tackle health inequality.

Ms Mochan, Scottish Labour MSP for South Scotland, stated: “There has rarely been a time since the foundation of the NHS where it has been so dangerous to be a woman who is not well-off in Scotland.

“And depending on where you live, the situation could be even worse.”

Ms Minto, SNP MSP for Argyll and Bute, said she had read the same article.

She said: “I absolutely understand the concern that this is causing.”

The minister said the Scottish government had met with clinical leads to “understand current practice and how we can continue to improve outcomes”, with improvement work already under way.

Ms Minto added: “The Scottish ovarian cancer clinic networks [have] set out some immediate actions, but also some short-term actions.

“For example, including increasing theatre capacity and also mutual support between health boards.”

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Aug 21 2023
Chris Evans reveals cancer diagnosis on his radio show | Ents & Arts News

Chris Evans has revealed he has been diagnosed with skin cancer.

Announcing the news on his Virgin Radio show, he said it was discovered in the early stages, adding he was told it is treatable.

He said: “We need to discuss what’s going on with this issue.

“It is a melanoma. There’s this phrase called a malignant melanoma – you know once you get something, and you find out all about it – that is a redundant phrase because if it is a melanoma it is malignant.

“But it’s been caught so early, just so you know, that it should be completely treatable.”

He added he will be treated for the condition on 14 September.

Evans, who is an avid runner, said he was told he will be unable to exercise in the month following the treatment, joking he will do nothing but run until his appointment.

It comes after he became concerned about skin cancer back in 2019, saying the high UV levels during the summer heat prompted him to go to the doctor.

However, Evans was told he had “nothing to worry about”, and that he should get checked for the condition once a year.

The broadcaster also spoke about a similar scare in 2015, when he was checked for prostate cancer after developing some symptoms.

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Evans joined Virgin Radio in 2018, when he left the coveted BBC Radio 2 breakfast show, taking most of his production team with him.

He had been a mainstay at the BBC, hosting The One Show and a stint on Top Gear, and before that fronting chaotic Channel 4 shows, TFI Friday and The Big Breakfast.

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Aug 12 2023
Jeremy Hunt’s younger brother dies from cancer aged 53 | Politics News

Jeremy Hunt’s younger brother has died from an ‘aggressive’ form of cancer aged 53.

Charlie Hunt, a father-of-three, died peacefully on August 2, his family said in a statement to the Daily Telegraph.

The chancellor spoke last month about how the disease had hit his family, with his sibling having been diagnosed with sarcoma in 2020.

The former health secretary and his younger brother ran the London Marathon in October last year to raise money for Sarcoma UK and the Royal Surrey Cancer and Surgical Innovation Centre, a new facility being built in Guildford.

Mr Hunt, whose parents also died of the disease, said he was diagnosed with cancer himself but it was caught early after he discovered a mole on his head.

He said cancer had been “lifechanging” for his family, telling the Daily Mail: “I had superb treatment from the NHS to remove it, but I am very aware of members of my own family who have had much tougher battles against cancer, and I know that’s what families are going through up and down the country.”

Sarcoma is a rare type of cancer that typically begins in the bones or soft tissue.

Charlie Hunt revealed on his JustGiving page in October he had been diagnosed with the “particularly aggressive cancer” in 2020 and the disease had left him needing surgery on his right leg.

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He said he did not know if he would ever run or walk again and “since then the battle has continued with surgery on both of my lungs”.

He wrote on the fundraising page: “I have been in and out of hospital pretty constantly but have received excellent treatment from the NHS and am still fighting on nearly three years later.

“It does, however, remain a huge battle for me and my family. I asked Jeremy to run the marathon for the first time with me – an offer that was nervously accepted.”

The Hunts raised more than £22,000 for Sarcoma UK and the Royal Surrey Cancer and Surgical Innovation Centre running the marathon together.

Mr Hunt’s father, Sir Nicholas Hunt, died in 2013 aged 82, while his mother Lady Meriel Hunt died aged 84 last year – both due to cancer.

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Aug 2 2023
AI tools can ‘safely’ read breast cancer scans, preliminary study suggests | Science & Tech News

Artificial intelligence (AI) can “safely” read breast cancer screening images, a preliminary study suggests.

Researchers found computer-aided detection could spot cancer in mammograms – X-ray pictures of the breast – at a “similar rate” to two radiologists.

The NHS is already looking at how it can implement such technology in its breast screening programme.

However, the authors of the study said the results are “not enough on their own to confirm that AI is ready to be implemented in mammography screening”.

Previous studies into whether AI can accurately diagnose breast cancer in mammograms have been carried out retrospectively – where the technology assesses scans already examined by doctors.

But the new interim study pit AI-supported screening against standard care.

The randomised control trial, published in the journal Lancet Oncology, involved more than 80,000 women from Sweden with an average age of 54.

Half of the scans were assessed by two radiologists, known as standard care, while the other half were assessed by the AI-supported screening tool, followed by interpretation by one or two radiologists.

In total 244 women from AI-supported screening were found to have cancer compared with 203 women recalled from standard screening.

Also, the use of AI did not generate more “false positives” – where a scan is incorrectly diagnosed as abnormal. The false-positive rate was 1.5% in both the AI group and the group assessed by radiologists.

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AI could halve screening workload

Researchers said the use of AI could potentially almost halve the screening workload.

There were 36,886 fewer screen readings by radiologists in the AI-supported group compared with the group who received standard care, resulting in a 44% reduction in the screen-reading workload of radiologists, the authors said.

The study is continuing to assess whether AI tools can reduce cancers diagnosed between screenings, with the results not expected for a few years.

But the authors’ interim analysis concludes: “AI-supported mammography screening resulted in a similar cancer detection rate compared with standard double reading, with a substantially lower screen-reading workload, indicating that the use of AI in mammography screening is safe.”

Radiologists could be ‘less burdened by excessive amount of reading’

Lead author Dr Kristina Lang, from Lund University in Sweden, said: “These promising interim safety results should be used to inform new trials and programme-based evaluations to address the pronounced radiologist shortage in many countries, but they are not enough on their own to confirm that AI is ready to be implemented in mammography screening.

“We still need to understand the implications on patients’ outcomes, especially whether combining radiologists’ expertise with AI can help detect interval cancers that are often missed by traditional screening, as well as the cost-effectiveness of the technology.”

She added: “The greatest potential of AI right now is that it could allow radiologists to be less burdened by the excessive amount of reading.

“While our AI-supported screening system requires at least one radiologist in charge of detection, it could potentially do away with the need for double reading of the majority of mammograms, easing the pressure on workloads and enabling radiologists to focus on more advanced diagnostics while shortening waiting times for patients.”

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Commenting on the study, an NHS spokesperson said: “The NHS is already exploring how AI could help in breast screening by enabling complicated image analysis very quickly and at scale, which, if proven effective, could in future help speed up diagnosis for many women, detect cancers at an earlier stage, and ultimately save more lives.

“This research is very encouraging, and plans are underway to assess the best ways of implementing this technology into the NHS Breast Screening Programme.”

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Jul 6 2023
How cancer patients receive the most modern care in buildings that are ‘not fit for purpose’ | UK News

Graham Hart has stage four cancer. It’s in his liver and his colon.

The 60-year-old self-employed businessman noticed some bleeding after going to the toilet and made an appointment to see his GP.

The doctor referred Mr Hart to the cancer specialists at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading.

Mr Hart says the news was devastating but now treatment is under way he is more hopeful.

Graham Hart has stage 4 cancer
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Graham Hart has stage four cancer

“I’ve seen the news and you do have anxiety about these things but once you’re up and running… it’s OK.”

Mr Hart is receiving the most modern medical care but his treatment is carried out in a building that opened in 1839.

And it shows.

The rain flooded through the ceiling of the waiting room yesterday forcing the evacuation of waiting patients to a drier part of the building.

There is a gaping hole in the ceiling and buckets are still there in case there is more bad weather.

Next door on the cancer ward the electrics can’t be upgraded or the listed building’s structure changed in any way.

Rain came down through the roof at the Royal Berkshire Hospital
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Rain came down through the roof at the Royal Berkshire Hospital

Walking through the empty room, Mark Foulkes, the president of the UK Oncology Nursing Society, points to the hole in the ceiling and says: “The fact is that some of these buildings are just not fit for purpose, as we can see here – it rained last night as you remember, and it also unfortunately rained in here.

“So, patient care continues, we’ll get on with that, the staff are brilliant.

“The fact that we’re used to dealing with this tells you something about the challenges we face on a day-to-day basis.”

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Buckets were put out in the waiting room in case there was more rain

It’s against challenges like this that the NHS must work to bring down record waiting lists at a time when demand for services continues to grow.

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Steve McManus started his career as a nurse. He is now the chief executive of Royal Berkshire Foundation NHS Trust.

He welcomes a new 15-year workforce plan to boost the number of health staff but says these workers will need the infrastructure to do their jobs properly.

Mr McManus said: “We also need a longer term plan, like the NHS workforce plan that starts to address the sort of physical environment, the technological environment, with the kit that we need to deliver modern healthcare services.”

The government says it will eventually deliver thousands of extra doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals but the workforce plan is long term and the benefits will not be felt for years to come even though the pressures for the NHS are present now.

The hospital’s emergency department recorded its busiest ever day ever just a few weeks ago with over 600 patients seen.

That’s more than three times the number they would expect to see in the summer.

It is more evidence that NHS pressures exist all year round and not just during winter.

On Wednesday 5 July the NHS marked its 75th anniversary, with Sky News exclusively revealing almost half of people in Britain feel NHS care will get worse in the coming years.

It comes as experts warned that the NHS – created in July 1948 – may not reach its 100th birthday without more resources and fundamental reforms.

There is no denying the NHS its history, but unless it gets urgent help it’s future will be in doubt.

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Jun 26 2023
Smokers and ex-smokers aged 55-74 to be offered free lung cancer screenings | UK News

Up to 9,000 cases of lung cancer could be caught sooner or prevented under a new screening programme set to be rolled out acroos the country.

The scheme could provide almost one million scans and earlier treatment.

It is set to cost £270m annually once fully established and will use patients’ GP records for those aged 55 to 74 to identify current or former smokers.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suggests the scheme could provide “a lifeline to thousands of families across the country”.

Under the programme, backed by a recommendation from the UK National Screening Committee, patients will have their risk of cancer assessed based on their smoking history and other factors – and those considered high risk will be invited for specialist scans every two years.

It is estimated the rollout will mean 325,000 people will be newly eligible for a first scan each year, with 992,000 scans expected per year in total.

The Department of Health and Social Care said the first phase of the scheme will reach 40% of the eligible population by March 2025, with the aim of 100% coverage by March 2030 following the rollout.

The rollout comes after a successful earlier phase which saw approximately 70% of the screenings take place in mobile units parked in convenient sites such as supermarket car parks.

This helped ensure easy access and focused on more deprived areas, where people are four times more likely to smoke.

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The first phase of the targeted lung health check scheme by NHS England resulted in more than 2,000 people being detected as having cancer, while 76% were found at an earlier stage compared to 29% in 2019 outside the programme.

In total, during the initial phase almost 900,000 people were invited for checks, 375,000 risk assessments made and 200,000 scans were carried out.

Smoking causes 72% of lung cancers, around 35,000 people die and 48,000 people are diagnosed with lung cancer each year.

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It has one of the lowest survival rates of all cancers, which is largely attributed to lung cancer being diagnosed at a late stage when treatment is much less likely to be effective.

Anyone assessed as being at high risk of lung cancer will be referred to have a low dose Computed Tomography (LDCT) scan, with a diagnosis and treatment to follow if needed.

Anyone whose scans are negative will be reinvited for further scans every 24 months, until they pass the upper age limit.

NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard said: “Identifying lung cancer early saves lives, and the expansion of the NHS’s targeted lung health check programme is another landmark step forward in our drive to find and treat more people living with this devastating disease at the earliest stage.

“The NHS lung trucks programme is already delivering life-changing results, with people living in the most deprived areas now more likely to be diagnosed at an earlier stage, giving them a better chance of successful treatment.”

Hazel Cheeseman, the deputy chief executive of Action on Smoking and Health, said: “Targeted lung cancer screening with support to stop smoking at its heart will help prevent as well as treat lung cancer, still the leading cause of cancer deaths.”

But Labour accused the government of “disarming” the health service.

Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said: “We need a war on cancer, but the Conservatives have spent a decade disarming the NHS.”

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Apr 24 2023
The ‘lung MOT’ scan trucks helping to diagnose lung cancer earlier in deprived areas | UK News

People in deprived areas are now more likely to be diagnosed with lung cancer at an earlier stage, thanks to the success of trucks offering chest scans in supermarket car parks, the NHS has said.

For the first time ever, data shows more than a third of people diagnosed with lung cancer from the most deprived 20% of England had the disease detected at stage one or two in 2022 (34.5%) – up from 30% in 2019.

Now at 43 sites across the country, the mobile trucks scan those most at risk from lung cancer, including current and ex-smokers.

One person who has benefited from the “Lung MOT’s”, which were launched in 2018 in areas of the country with the lowest lung cancer survival rates, is Sandra Sloane.

Sandra, 69, a retired former smoker, was called for a scan, before being diagnosed in May 2021.

The scan was in the local area, a five-minute drive away and took around two minutes to complete.

Remembering the news of her diagnosis, she said: “I thought that was it, my days were over.

“I just went to pieces; I couldn’t stop crying. I was frightened.”

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Sandra Sloane was diagnosed in May 2021

But thanks to her early diagnosis, Sandra had surgery to remove the cancer two months later, before being given all-clear.

“I was the happiest person on earth that day, I was home by Saturday teatime. All I’ve got is a scar about two inches long. The scan I had was five minutes away, and it saved my life.”

She is one of more than 300,000 people who have already taken up the offer and visited the trucks, which have diagnosed more than 1,750 people with lung cancer.

Over three quarters (76%) were caught at stage one or two, compared with just a third caught at early stages in 2018.

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The link between deprivation and worse cancer outcomes is based on a number of factors.

Professor Peter Johnson, National Clinical Director for Cancer, NHS England, said: “We know that people who are less well-off are more likely to smoke, they find it more difficult to see their GPs and more often they live in parts of the country where the health service has less resources.”

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A report by Cancer Research published in 2020 supports this.

It found there were more than 30,000 extra cases of cancer attributable to socio-economic deprivation, with the starkest differences seen in smoking-related cancers, like lung cancer.

The success of the NHS scheme so far has come in targeting those groups.

“It used to be that people who were least well off were most likely to have lung cancer at an advanced stage when we found it,” said Prof Johnson.

“By taking these CT scans to people in that group and by diagnosing lung cancer earlier than ever before we have actually turned that trend on its head. So people who are least well off are now more likely to have their lung cancer identified at an early stage than anybody else.”

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