A new study suggests that the people found suffering with lung cancer in England have less possibility to survive in comparison to the people living in Scandinavian Countries. The study is available in print in Thorax which declares that even after spending similar amount, the Swedes have a better survival rate.

The study does not give any differentiating results in terms of difference in age and sex of the patients, who participated in the study. The researchers of the study have not been able to find out the exact reason behind such a finding.

It was found that the English patients were treated less with surgeries and drugs in comparison to the patients from Sweden and Norway. One reason behind it could be, the delay practiced by them in taking medical help or it could be the inefficient doctors, who do not spot the symptoms on time which makes the disease go beyond treatment.

Dr Mike Peake, a lung cancer specialist and one of the report's authors said, "Although differences in treatment may play a role, spotting lung cancer early could make a real difference to survival rates”.