{"id":12939,"date":"2026-05-18T11:52:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kkltrust.org\/?p=12939"},"modified":"2026-05-19T12:12:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:12:58","slug":"major-research-exposes-unequal-blood-cancer-survival-rates-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kkltrust.org\/?p=12939","title":{"rendered":"Major research exposes unequal blood cancer survival rates in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12939\" class=\"elementor elementor-12939\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9b2364d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9b2364d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bebc0f6\" data-id=\"bebc0f6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a45f92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a45f92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The study, which analysed more than 413,000 blood cancer cases, identified disparities linked to deprivation and uncovered significant gaps in the consistency of blood cancer data collection across the UK.<\/p><p>It is the first research to examine survival outcomes by blood cancer subtype across all four nations, using data from separate national registries.<\/p><p>Dr Janice Hoang, lead researcher from the University of Leeds, said: &#8220;This is the first time we\u2019ve been able to look at survival across all major blood cancer types at a UK-wide level, and it clearly shows that deprivation remains one of the most consistent and important drivers of inequality in outcomes.&#8221;<\/p><p>People living in the most deprived areas had significantly lower survival rates compared to those in the least deprived areas.<\/p><p>The study found that survival has improved for some blood cancers over the past decade, but progress has not been consistent across all types.<\/p><p>The most difficult-to-treat blood cancers continue to have especially poor outcomes.<\/p><div id=\"inArticleAd-3\" class=\"advert-container mar-block-ad mar-block-ad--in-article \"><div id=\"DFP_teads\" data-google-query-id=\"CPiQoemPxZQDFcE8VQgdCl4UYw\"><p>Researchers say clinical trials remain one of the few routes to new and more effective treatments.<\/p><p>Dr Rubina Ahmed, director of research, policy and services at Blood Cancer UK, said: &#8220;This study confirms what we have long seen \u2013 that deprivation remains one of the most persistent drivers of inequality in blood cancer outcomes.<\/p><p>&#8220;It also highlights the urgent need for better, more consistent national data on blood cancers.<\/p><p>&#8220;At the moment, fragmented systems across the UK make it difficult to fully understand where inequalities are happening and why.&#8221;<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The study, which analysed more than 413,000 blood cancer cases, identified disparities linked to deprivation and uncovered significant gaps in the consistency of blood cancer data collection across the UK. 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