The News from South Philly

I understand that our five-year survival rates for such common cancers as breast and colon cancer are roughly twice yours. Perhaps your folks are more reluctant to get early screening than ours for cultural reasons? Or perhaps they aren't encouraged to do so? Or perhaps our treatments are both more expensive and more effective? Perhaps we're just a nation of tougher old buzzards? I don't know, but I'm glad my sister has colon cancer on this side of the pond, not yours.