- Diagnosing cancers early would prevent the need for expensive treatment
- Expert encouraged scientists to research how to detect cancers quicker
- He spoke at the launch of a new early detection cancer research initiative
- The need for collaborative research is clear as lives depend on it, he said
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The NHS could save £44 million a year if four cancers were diagnosed quicker, experts claim.
Faster detection of lung, breast, bowel and gynaecological cancers would prevent the need for many expensive treatments.
The importance of an early diagnosis – not only on NHS finances but on people’s well-being – was made clear at the launch of a new multi-million pound prevention and early detection research initiative in Manchester.
The project will be led by The Christie NHS Foundation Trust – Europe’s biggest single-site cancer centre with more than 550 active trials.
Faster detection of lung, breast, bowel and gynaecological cancers would prevent the need for many expensive treatments, experts claim
Speaking at its launch conference, Sir Salvador Moncada, Institute Director of Cancer Sciences at Manchester University encouraged the 130 delegates to work together to enable quicker detection rates.
He said the need for collaborative working is clear – people’s lives depend on it.
Professor Moncada said: ‘It is against this backdrop that we really start the engine of prevention and early detection research today.
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‘All the partners in the new programme will be shining a spotlight on the issue of cancer prevention and early detection.
‘Our scientists and researchers will be utterly focused on developing order of magnitude breakthroughs in this crucial area of cancer treatment.’
He also said when bowel cancer is diagnosed at the earliest stage, more than nine out of 10 people survive at least 10 years.
Sir Salvador Moncada, Institute Director of Cancer Sciences at Manchester University said the need for collaborative working is clear – people’s lives depend on it
But if diagnosed at late stage, the survival rate is fewer than one in 10 people.
Professor Moncada added 42 per cent of cancer cases could be prevented by lifestyle and other factors.
While 54 per cent of bowel cancers and 27 per cent of breast cancers are preventable, research has found.
Around 6,500 people die each year from cancer in Greater Manchester – a figure 10 per cent higher than the UK average.
The Greater Manchester region has a lung mortality rate that is 10 per cent higher than the UK average – and it also has more smokers than average.
Experts say lung cancer causes more premature deaths in Greater Manchester than all other cancers combined.
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