article_snippet: The figure from Public Health England represents a 40 per cent increase in a year and the highest number since February 2008.
article_snippet: Evidence emerged showing NHS NHS spends less on new cancer treatments than the US, Spain, Germany and Scotland.
article_snippet: Cost: £12,000 for bowel and £16,000 for ovarian cancer.
article_snippet: A report by the IMS Institute – an international firm which analyses data around the world – reveals how the NHS in NHS England spends less on new cancer treatments per patient compared to Scotland, Sweden, Canada, Australia, France, Germany, the US, Italy and Spain.
article_snippet: A report by the IMS Institute – allocates an average of £7,671 per new cancer patient compared to £16,661, the highest of the ten countries.
article_snippet: A spokesman said that five million more tests had been carried out last year compared to 2010 adding that cancer survival was at 'record levels'.
highlights_snippet: NHS spends less on new cancer treatments than US, Spain and Scotland .