Cancer 'kills more poorer people'

Lung cancer sufferers in the most deprived areas are more likely to die from the disease than those in other parts of Scotland Lung cancer sufferers in the most deprived areas are more likely to die
from the disease than those in other parts of Scotland, according to a report. Explaining Variations In Lung Cancer In Scotland, a report commissioned by the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation, shows that a person from the Greater Glasgow and Clyde area is almost twice as likely to have lung cancer than someone in Grampian. It also showed that once a person has the disease, those in Glasgow are twice as likely to die from it than those living, for example, in the Borders.
Lung cancer is Scotland's biggest cancer killer. An average of 11 people die from the disease every day, totalling just over 4,000 a year. The report also notes significant geographical variation in estimated one-year survival rates.
In Fife, around one in four lung cancer patients are still alive a year
after being diagnosed. However, in Lothian and Borders, one in three people survive for at least a year after diagnosis. NHS Borders has the highest estimated one-year survival rate, at 35.6%. The foundation said this proportion demonstrates the poor prognosis for patients with lung cancer overall, as nearly two thirds of all patients are not expected to survive one year post-diagnosis, even in the best-performing area. Professor Ray Donnelly, foundation president, said: "Each year over 4,000 people die from lung cancer in Scotland, that's more than 11 people each
day. "Despite this, awareness of the signs and symptoms of lung cancer is low and more than two-thirds of patients are diagnosed at a stage when
curative treatment is no longer an option."


This article deals with cancer. It refers to the social group and tells us how the chance of lung cancer mortality is higher among the poor than rich people. Lung cancer is the largest Scottish murderer. About 11 people die of this disease every day, around 4,000 a year. And according to this analysis of the wealthier neighborhoods have more likelihood of response to treatment than the slums because they take longer to be diagnosed.


I have chosen this news because at home all smoke except for my little sister. And don't we realize the damage you do to it and us. My granddad also died of cancer.