Cancer Rates in Scotland to Soar By 50 Per Cent Within Decade
Posted on: Wednesday, 1 February 2006, 15:00 CST
By NO BYLINE
CANCER cases in Scotland are set to soar by up to 50 per cent within a decade, a new report warns.
Thousands more people will be diagnosed with the disease by 2011. And obesity and sunbathing are being blamed for the steep rise, along with the country's growing elderly population.
The report examines the ability of Scotland's radiotherapy services to cope with growing cancer rates and calls for extra cash to be spent on recruiting and training staff to treat patients.
By 2011, it is thought there will be around 31,437 cases of cancer each year, compared to 26,441 per year between 1996 and 2000.
New cases of malignant melanoma of the skin are forecast to run at more than 1000 a year, compared to 662 at the end of the last millennium.
Incidents of breast cancer are predicted to rise by 23 per cent. But lung cancer and cancer of the cervix are expected to decline.
Just under half of the new cancer cases which will be diagnosed by 2015 are likely to need radiotherapy, according to the report.
It said 16 more machines for delivering radiotherapy treatment will be needed, on top of the extra equipment already in the pipeline, to meet the projected surge.
Health Minister Andy Kerr yesterday announced extra funding to train additional radiotherapy staff.
He said up to GBP 75,000 will be spent next year, rising to GBP 300,000 a year in 2009, on two additional training posts for radiotherapy physicists.
A further GBP 160,000 will be spent over two years to develop consultant posts for radiographers.
Source: Evening News; Edinburgh (UK)
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