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Description: One in 20 Brits diagnosed with stage four lung cancer will still be alive five years later. But this rises from 5 to 65 per cent when spotted at the earliest phase.

Interactive chart reveals how spotting cancer at its earliest stage can boost survival rates by up to 13-fold [Video]

07:11 EST 06 Feb 2024 , updated 08:23 EST 06 Feb 2024

Spotting cancer early can drastically improve survival rates and make treatments more effective.

For example, Cancer Research UK states one in 20 Brits diagnosed with stage four lung cancer will still be alive five years later.

But this rises from 5 to 65 per cent when spotted at the earliest phase.

Similar increases are seen for bowel and bladder cancers, two of the other cancers most common among men over 75.

Buckingham Palace last night revealed that King Charles has been diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer during treatment for an enlarged prostate.

However, the 75-year-old does not have prostate cancer — the most common type among elderly men.

While King Charles (pictured on Sunday, the last time the monarch was seen) has commenced a ‘schedule of regular treatment’, he has long given his support for alternative medicine

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said this morning that he was ‘shocked …

Tags Adenocarcinoma, Large Cell Carcinoma, Lung Cancer, Lung Cancer Awareness