The number of deaths from the top four cancers combined has fallen by almost a third, according to Cancer Research UK.
The number of deaths from the top four cancers combined has fallen by almost a third, according to Cancer Research UK.
The figures from 2011 have shown that the mortality rates from breast, bowel, lung and prostate cancer combined fell by 30 per cent over the past 20 years. Death rates for breast cancer have fallen by 38 per cent, bowel cancer by 34 per cent, lung cancer by 27 per cent and prostate cancer by 21 per cent.
The reasons for these reductions could be improvements in treatment such as surgery, hormone therapy, radiotherapy, and earlier diagnosis, the charity speculated.