Four in 10 will get cancer, warns charity Macmillan

Name: Four in 10 will get cancer, warns charity Macmillan
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Description: Rising cancer rates mean four in ten people will get the disease at some point in their lives, the charity, Macmillan Cancer Support, warns.

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A leading health charity is warning that rising cancer rates mean four in 10 people will get the disease at some point in their lives.

Macmillan Cancer Support says as people live longer the NHS faces a "massive challenge".

Fergus Walsh reports.

Health

14 July 2011