For those who love Europe and their socialized medicine, lokkk at theresults of the government of being in charge of their wonderfulhealthcare (in countries like england since 1948)....
Survival was significantly higher in the United States for all solidtumors, except testicular, stomach, and soft-tissue cancer, the authorsreport. The greatest differences were seen in the major cancer sites:colon and rectum (56.2% in Europe vs 65.5% in the United States),breast (79.0% vs 90.1%), and prostate cancer (77.5% vs 99.3%), and this"probably represents differences in the timeliness of diagnosis," theycomment. That in turn stems from the more intensive screening forcancer carried out in the United States,