Cancer death rates in Britain 'may rise for four years due to current health crisis'

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The crisis could cause up to 60,000 extra cancer deaths, according to NHS England, if people are not screened and treatments are delayed due to coronavirus

Cancer death rates in Britain may rise for another four years due to the current health crisis, the chief executive of Cancer Research UK said on Saturday night, as she warned against scaling back screening.

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