The cancer lottery.

Date:
1991
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Description

This programme is an investigation into the variations in cancer treatment around the UK. A quarter of a million people each year are diagnosed with cancer and nearly all will use the NHS, but there are inconsistences between treatment received in different hospitals, different areas of the UK and between different types of cancer, resulting in variations in life expectancy, cancer recurrence and cures. Doctors, researchers and patients argue for the need for specialist surgeons in both district and teaching hospitals.

Publication/Creation

UK : BBC, 1991.

Physical description

1 videocassette (VHS) (40 min.) : sound, color.

Copyright note

BBC

Notes

Broadcast 22 April, 1991

Creator/production credits

Produced by Francesca Kirby-Green, edited by Mark Thompson, David Jordan, Ian Corcoran and James Woods, filmed by Mike Spooner and Dave Gurney, researched by Fiona Bruce.

Type/Technique

Languages

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