Cancer survival in the UK is still below the European average, despite recent improvements, a report says.
Survival rates in lung, breast, prostate and colorectal cancer were lower in the UK compared with everywhere except eastern Europe.
The Eurocare studies of 23 countries looked at the outcome of 2.7m new cases between 1995 and 1999.
Government cancer "tsar" Mike Richards said poor results in the UK had been due to delays spotting the disease.
The studies, published in the Lancet Oncology journal, are the largest international projects to compare the survival of patients from 11 different cancers.
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