Image:ShutterstockNew Delhi: The survival rates for several cancers in India are lower than those in Europe or North America, a study has revealed, reflecting what some doctors believe are long-standing concerns about delayed diagnosis and lack of access to appropriate treatment. The study, the largest and most up-to-date exercise to analyse global cancer survival trends, has found the highest survival rates for most cancers in Australia, Canada, Finland, Iceland, Norway and the US. But five-year survival among patients with colon cancer was less than 50 per cent in India, Ecuador, Russia and Thailand. Doctors have long viewed five-year survival as a key measure of the effectiveness of cancer treatment. "Appropriate chemotherapy dosage and treatment strategy is critical in improving survival rates," Bose said.

Source: The Telegraph January 31, 2018 21:11 UTC