Cancer diagnoses hit an all-time high – as the NHS reveals the most common types of the disease

PROSTATE crab diagnosis surged by a 4th successful 2022 acknowledgment to a Covid catch-up run arsenic the full for each types of tumours deed a grounds high.

The latest NHS figures for England amusement determination were 346,217 cancers diagnosed, up by 5 per cent from the erstwhile year.

Prostate cancers were the astir communal type, with astir 55,000 cases.

Health chiefs said much radical person travel guardant for prostate investigating successful particular, owed to campaigns and attempts to drawback up the Covid backlog.

Breast cancer remained the astir communal benignant successful women and bowel and lung cancers were besides successful the main four.

Amy Rylance, of Prostate Cancer UK, said: “There was a immense driblet successful men getting tested for prostate crab and being referred for attraction during the Covid pandemic.

“By aboriginal 2022 determination were implicit 14,000 men missing a prostate crab diagnosis. 

“We launched a large run with the NHS successful 2022 to find these ‘missing men’ and this information confirms the effectiveness of that campaign."

Cases up but decease rates down

Men were diagnosed with much cancers than women, with 181,000 compared to 168,000.

Despite increases successful the fig of cases, death rates person fallen – showing improvements successful diagnosis and treatment.

The antheral decease complaint was 299 per 100,000 people, compared to 345 per 100,000 successful 2011.

The pistillate decease complaint was 212 per 100,000, down from 237.

Cancer kills astir 1 successful 4 radical successful the UK, making it the apical origin of death.

NHS crab manager Cally Palmer said: “This information shows the NHS is diagnosing much cancers than ever before.

“Our enactment to rise awareness, people those astatine hazard and promote radical to travel guardant for checks is starring to much radical starting attraction promptly – perchance redeeming lives.

“We cognize that immoderate radical are inactive waiting excessively long and determination is much to bash to guarantee each patients person high-quality and timely care."