A record number of people are living longer after being diagnosed with cancer in Scotland.

Men diagnosed with the disease between 2007 and 2011 had a 48% chance of surviving for up to five years, compared to 29% between 1987 to 1991.
Men diagnosed with cancer between 2007 and 2011 had a 48% chance of surviving for up to five years. For women the five-year survival rate jumped from 40% to 54% over the same time period.
Five-year survival for men diagnosed between 2007 and 2011 was lowest for pancreatic cancer ( 3.6%) and highest for testicular cancer (93.4%).
Cancer of the pancreas was also the most deadly form of the disease for women, with only 5.5% living for up to five years after diagnosis.
Female survival rates were highest for malignant melanoma of the skin at 95.1%.
Some of the largest increases in survival rates were for the bone marrow cancer multiple myeloma, colorectal or bowel cancer, Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, kidney cancer, leukaemias and breast cancer.
Read the full article in The Glasgow South and Eastwood Extra here.