Half people in Britain born after 1960 will get cancer, study shows

Cancer Research paper factors in future population changes such as more of us growing older and changes in lifestyle habits One in two people will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, according to Cancer Research UK, which says that more effort must be made to prevent people getting the disease and that the NHS must plan to treat more patients. Until now, CRUK's scientists have estimated that one in three people would get cancer at some point. The new figure, from a paper published on Wed...