Survival rates for other cancers, including breast, bowel and prostate, have gained ground after breakthroughs in detection, treatment and prevention.
If it's saying to older people we cannot treat you for breast cancer or prostate cancer because we haven't got the money … [and people are coming here with no link to the UK for treatment].
The data reveals for the first time that 66,500 women are alive who were diagnosed under the age of 45 more than 10 years ago, as well as 10,000 people with colorectal cancer, 2,000 people with lung cancer and 550 men with prostate cancer.
The name on the account was "PawWestDonezo", because my father's name was Paul West, and a difficult battle with prostate cancer had rendered him "donezo" (goofy slang for "done") just 18 months earlier.
The study, of 119 people with either breast, cervical, intestinal or prostate cancer, found that from three months following diagnosis, those patients who did not trust their doctors were not only more distressed but also more physically disabled.
"It [the report] identifies three or four key areas, such as with strokes, blood clots and prostate care, where there's evidence that optimum care is still not being delivered," said Patel.
I believe I have far more important things to think about than my waistline: my failure to have children, for example; my high familial risk of prostate cancer; or my lack of pension and savings, or the total impossibility of my job as a secure long-term career, or the whole world outside my stomach.
"Similar national plans were published for breast cancer and prostate cancer 10 years ago and these diseases have seen great strides forward in research," she said.
Similar effects have been seen in studies of homeless people and men with prostate cancer or diabetes.
A meta-analysis, including the results of 59 studies, suggests that coffee may actually reduce the risk of many cancers including pancreatic, liver, breast and prostate cancer.
Or is it?Doctors are no longer confident that widespread screening for prostate cancer does more good than harm.
