Too old to be given cancer treatment: NHS is 'writing off' patients who are over 75
Young lung cancer sufferers are only 10 per cent more likely to die within five years than their continental counterparts
- But pensioners with the disease have 44 per cent less chance of survival
- The figure for stomach cancer – at 45 per cent – is even worse
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Pensioners with lung cancer have 44 per cent less chance of survival that young sufferers
Pensioners with cancer are being written off as too old to treat, campaigners said yesterday.
They cited figures showing survival rates for British patients aged 75 and over are among the worst in Europe.
