Record 2.2 MILLION people were tested for cancer last year as more than 300,000 received ...
(WorldNews Health)

More than two million people were tested for cancer last year for the first time ever, the NHS has announced. Almost 6,000 people were checked for the devastating disease every day in 2018, while a record-breaking more than 300,000 people received treatment. The rises come as the NHS is pursuing a plan to speed up cancer diagnoses and spot the illness earlier in a bid to improve survival rates. Almost 6,000 people per day - more than four every minute - were tested for cancer by the NHS last year, according to the health service`s own figures (stock image) Figures revealed by the NHS today showed 2.2million cancer checks were carried out last year after people had been urgently referred by...