Cancer Cases Surge by 5 Percent in Just a Year
Published on October 18, 2024
The number of people diagnosed with cancer has jumped by 5 percent in just a year, with prostate cancer driving the sharp increase among men, the latest statistics show. New figures for England show 346,217 new cancer cases were diagnosed in 2022, which equates to 948 people being diagnosed with the disease every day, up from 329,664 in 2021. The Cancer Registration Statistics show that, among men, there was a 7 percent increase in overall cancer cases in 2022, from 167,917 to 180,877. In women, there was a 2 percent overall rise in cases, from 161,747 to 165,340. The jump in men’s diagnoses was mainly down to an increase in prostate cancer, which rose by more than a quarter to 54,732 cases....