Dr David Linden: Patients must be offered better information and support

IT WASN'T so long ago that cancer was considered a killer disease. It is only thanks to advances in medical science that treatment has become more successful – so much so the number of people dying from the disease is now falling.

As the population gets older, more people are being diagnosed with the disease, but better screening programmes, earlier diagnosis and improved treatment means the number of people living with cancer is on the rise.

Macmillan Cancer Support estim...