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Middle aged 'miss out' on cancer surgery
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12783589
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People are less likely to get some forms of cancer surgery once they enter middle age, say researchers.
A report by the National Cancer Intelligence Network shows the percentage of patients being operated on in England fell with age.
The author said the drop in surgery rates in people as young as 50 was a cause for concern.
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Sarah Woolnough, director of policy at Cancer Research UK, said surgeons must take notice of the report and analyse their practice as cancer outcomes in the UK were not as good as the rest of the world.
She told the BBC: "There could be very good clinical reasons for the trend, but it does reinforce the idea of a cultural bias against treating older people."
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I hope there is another reason for these stats..but it's hard to discern what that might be.
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