The UK lagged behind other similar countries in cancer treatment, with patients waiting longer before starting chemotherapy, according to two new studies. Researchers analysed data from more than 780,000 cancer patients in Australia, Canada, Norway, and the UK. They found that UK cancer patients received chemotherapy and radiation less often than in the other three countries, with older patients the least likely to receive the treatments. The findings were published in two papers in the journal The Lancet Oncology00031-7/fulltext). “Countries whose cancer survival is lower than similar countri…