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The proportion of lung cancer patients alive a year after diagnosis has improved "significantly", data shows.

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An investigation into cancer treatment at an Essex hospital at the centre of a police inquiry finds 'very serious failings'.

The findings of an independent inquiry will be published on Thursday into how an NHS surgeon was able to continue using a controversial technique and also carry out unnecessary breast cancer operations.

A review into how a surgeon continued to use a technique that left hundreds of women at risk of breast cancer found concerns dated back to 2003.

A review into how NHS surgeon Ian Paterson was able to continue carrying out unnecessary surgery and using a controversial technique that left hundreds of women at risk from breast cancer has found concerns dated back to 2003.