£4.2bn breast cancer bill

Charity warns of growing costs for economy and toll on lives

- BY STORM NEWTON

THE cost of breast cancer to the economy could rise by nearly a third to £4.2billion in the next 25 years.

Charity Breast Cancer Now warned of dire consequences unless action is taken to give “everyone an equal chance of the best diagnosis, treatment and care”.

The study, by the charity and the think-tank Demos, estimates breast cancer is already costing up to £3.5bn.