Record numbers of cancer cases were diagnosed early in England, according to NHS data.
According to details, nearly six out of ten of the 13 most common cancers were identified at stages one or two.
Between September 2023 and August 2024, doctors detected 121,000 early cases out of 206,000 diagnoses. The 59 per cent early detection rate improved from 58 per cent the previous year and 56 per cent before that.
The early diagnoses covered bladder, bowel, kidney, lung, throat, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate, stomach, uterine cancers, lymphoma, and melanoma.
NHS England cancer director Dame Cally Palmer highlighted the progress, stating that lives were saved by catching cancers earlier. She stressed the need for continued efforts to improve early detection rates.
Professor Peter Johnson, a leading NHS cancer expert, noted that as people lived longer, cancer diagnoses increased. He urged anyone with symptoms to seek immediate medical evaluation.
