Public unaware of 'huge' progress in cancer treatment and survival

Less than a third of people believe cancer is a disease that can be managed for years, a survey for cancer experts suggests.

Focusing exclusively on finding a cure is overshadowing “huge” progress already being made allowing those with advanced cancer to live longer, according to the Institute of Cancer Research, which carried out the survey in the UK.

Survival time from cancer has roughly doubled in a decade, and the average patient now lives more than 10 years after being diagnosed.

But just 28pc of people believe the disease can be controlled in the long term.

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In comparison, 46pc of people said they believed heart disease can be managed in the long term, and 77pc said the same for diabetes. The survey, of 2,103 members of public and 366 patients, also found only 26pc think progress against cancer is being made.

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