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• Health & Medicine

Review to speed up GP cancer referrals opens

An audit of GP services in the UK has been launched today to find out how quickly cancer patients are referred. An audit of GP services in the UK has been launched today to find out how quickly cancer patients are referred.

16 September 2016

Lack of referrals for suspected cancer leads to more deaths

Deaths are higher in cancer patients whose GPs do not regularly send patients through the two-week urgent referral route for suspected cancer. Deaths are higher in cancer patients whose GPs do not regularly send patients through the two-week urgent referral route for suspected cancer.

14 October 2015

Cancer patients lose faith in healthcare system if referred late by GP

If it takes more than three trips to the GP to be referred for cancer tests, patients are more likely to be dissatisfied with their overall care. If it takes more than three trips to the GP to be referred for cancer tests, patients are more likely to be dissatisfied with their overall care.

31 July 2015

Seeing the same doctor could affect time to cancer diagnosis

Whether or not patients see the same GP could affect how quickly bowel and lung cancers are diagnosed, according to a Cancer Research UK study. Whether or not patients see the same GP could affect how quickly bowel and lung cancers are diagnosed, according to a Cancer Research UK study.

27 April 2015

Cancer Research UK urges medical community to help make Wikipedia more accurate

Cancer Research UK is urging scientists, doctors and nurses to get involved to ensure Wikipedia is as accurate as possible. Cancer Research UK is urging scientists, doctors and nurses to get involved to ensure Wikipedia is as accurate as possible.

8 August 2014

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Patients with mouth and oesophageal cancers take longer to seek help from GP

People with cancers of the mouth and oesophagus are waiting longer between first noticing a symptom and going to their GPs than other patients. People with cancers of the mouth and oesophagus are waiting longer between first noticing a symptom and going to their GPs than other patients.

11 February 2014

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Cancer Research UK and The Royal Marsden collaborate to help GPs diagnose cancer earlier

GPs across England are set to benefit from a new partnership aimed at improving the early diagnosis of cancer.   GPs across England are set to benefit from a new partnership aimed at improving the early diagnosis of cancer.  

10 February 2014

• Health & Medicine

Cancer patients diagnosed more quickly

The time taken to diagnose some of the more common cancers fell in adults by an average of five days in just under a decade. The time taken to diagnose some of the more common cancers fell in adults by an average of five days in just under a decade.

5 February 2014

Care after treatment is ‘letting down’ men with prostate cancer

More than 8 in 10 men living with prostate cancer may not be getting the nursing care they need. More than 8 in 10 men living with prostate cancer may not be getting the nursing care they need.

16 October 2013

Cancer patients want more say in treatment decisions

Cancer patients under 55 want more of a say in the decisions made about their treatment, according to new research being published in the British Journal of Cancer. Cancer patients under 55 want more of a say in the decisions made about their treatment, according to new research being published in the British Journal of Cancer.

7 August 2013

Patients need more guidance on chemo web information

Doctors and nurses may be underestimating the value placed on internet chemotherapy information by cancer patients and missing out on opportunities to discuss this information with them, new research finds today. Doctors and nurses may be underestimating the value placed on internet chemotherapy information by cancer patients and missing out on opportunities to discuss this information with them, new research finds today.

15 February 2012

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Study identifies symptoms 'more likely to mean cancer'

Scientists at Keele University have identified eight symptoms that have a more than five per cent chance of turning out to be cancer. Scientists at Keele University have identified eight symptoms that have a more than five per cent chance of turning out to be cancer.

7 September 2010