Global Cancer News

A quarter of cancer patients experience avoidable delay to diagnosis

One in four cancer patients experienced a delay to their diagnosis that could have been avoided, according to a new study by Cancer Research UK. It found that nearly 3,400 of 14,300 patients experienced a delay that could have been avoided. Half of these patients waited around two months longer to be diagnosed compared with those who didn’t have an avoidable delay.

 

To learn more, see original article at: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-us/cancer-news/press-release/2019-12-04-a-quarter-of-cancer-patients-experience-avoidable-delay-to-diagnosis