United States has best cancer survival rates

August 4th, 2008 | by Brian Schwartz |

John Goodman summarizes the latest study in The Lancet:

Cancer survival varies widely across the developed world and within the United States. However, in almost every category Americans survive cancer at higher rates than patients in other developed countries.  American cancer patients have a higher survival rate for every major form of cancer than patients in Canada and Britain-two English-speaking countries with which the U.S. is often compared.

The Telegraph.uk reported similar findings last year.

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