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Many cancers no longer ‘a death sentence’ as treatment on ‘cusp of golden era’ – health chief

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Many people with a cancer diagnosis “should be confident that it’s not a death sentence and that more treatments will become available”, according to the outgoing medical director of NHS England.

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In his final interview before retiring, Professor Sir Stephen Powis said our understanding of the genetics of cancer and how it can be targeted is being “revolutionised”.

Sir Stephen, 64 and a kidney specialist who has been the national medical director since 2018 and throughout the COVID pandemic, told The Times: “We are at the cusp of a golden era in terms of the way we treat a range of cancers.

“For many cancers now, people should be confident that it’s not a death sentence and that more treatments will become available.”

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Sir Stephen said the number of those living longer with the disease and surviving it will continue to increase, while he compared the progress made in cancer treatment to the success in developing treatment for HIV since he qualified as a doctor 40 years ago.

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“We can’t prevent all cancers, but there are cancers that we can certainly prevent,” he said, adding that he hopes lung cancers will become “a lot rarer”.

Cancer treatment, he said, would be “driven by genetics” to become more individualised with the increased ability to pinpoint mutations in cells.

Recent Sky News analysis shows that in nearly half of 147 NHS trusts with available data fewer people are now being treated for cancer within the target than at the start of the year.

That target is for 85% of cancer patients to begin treatment within two months of their diagnosis.

Only a small number of trusts have achieved this. While 20 trusts met the standard in January, it is down to 15 trusts in May.

Performance against the target fell in 62 areas overall between Jan and May, and none of those were meeting the target to begin with.

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In response to the analysis, an NHS spokesperson said: “Despite the NHS seeing and treating record numbers of people for cancer… we know there is more to do to improve early diagnosis, access to tests and life-saving treatments.

“Our 10 Year Health Plan launched last week sets out some of the ways we will transform cancer care to be fit for the future, including innovation to speed up referral and diagnosis, with more to follow in the National Cancer Plan coming later this year.”

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