More than 500,000 people in UK ‘will be diagnosed with cancer each year by 2040’

Cancer Research UK report says NHS risks being overwhelmed by cancer diagnoses

More than 500,000 people in the UK will be diagnosed with cancer every year by 2040, according to analysis by Cancer Research UK.

In its report published on Friday, researchers project that if current trends continue, cancer cases will rise by one-third from 384,000 a year diagnosed now to 506,000 in 2040, taking the number of new cases every year to more than half a million for the first time.