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Cancer Deaths Plummet Among Middle Age Patients in UK
- Mortality rates dropped by 33% in women over 25 years
- Researchers credit early detection, treatments for improvement
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Cancer deaths among middle-aged people dropped to their lowest level in 25 years in the UK, thanks to early detection and improved treatment, a study found.
Mortality rates dropped by 33% in women and 37% in men between 1993 and 2018, the Cancer Research UK charity found in research published Thursday in the British Medical Journal.