cancer in the uk
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- Created on: 12-05-21 20:14
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- Cancer in the UK
- Socio-economic Impacts
- cancer costs patients avg £570 / month
- loss of income
- medical appointments
- prescriptions
- extra heating
- deprivation increases increases chance of smoking, drinking and obesity - all causes of cancer
- creates social isolation
- most socially deprived areas of UK 3x amount of cancer than most affluent
- more likely to survive if more affluent
- cancer costs patients avg £570 / month
- Causes
- social
- lifestyle
- poor diet
- lack of exercise
- smoking
- alcohol
- lifestyle
- economic
- sunbathing
- holiday
- sunbeds
- change in diet
- more dairy
- more fastfood
- bowel cancer
- sunbathing
- cultural
- driving = less exercise
- social pressures to smoke
- social
- Strategies to Mitigate Against Cancer
- Direct
- Government
- national plans for reducing smoking, obesity, drinking + improving diet
- invest £23 million to improve radiotherapy
- £6 million fund NHS treatment costs of 6 new research trials
- international agencies
- encouraging international research
- world cancer research analyse links between countries
- Government
- indirect
- government
- encourage people to be careful in the sun
- encourage young women to be vaccinated against HPV to prevent cervical cancer
- help get earlier diagnosis
- international agencies
- WHO encourage people to review genetics
- world cancer research fund international highlight where government need to take action
- government
- Direct
- Prevalence
- north east most likely to be diagnosed
- london has lowest rate
- Incidence
- 300,000 people diagnosed in 2014
- breast, prostate and lung are most common
- Patterns
- north east has high patterns of deprivation, unhealthy lifestyles and smoke more
- lung cancer highest in north east
- more than 50% cases above 70 years old
- Socio-economic Impacts
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