The call by cancer doctors comes as the government prepares to publish its long-awaited cancer strategy for England, now expected later this autumn. <\/p>\n
The charity Cancer Research UK (CRUK) said it should include a new commitment to diagnose cancers earlier after a new report found that only half of people diagnosed with cancer after an urgent referral are getting the news within the target 28 days. <\/p>\n
For some cancers, such as bone, bladder, kidney and head and neck, only around a third of people receive a diagnosis within the target time.<\/p>\n
Between 2021 and 2024, the situation for people being diagnosed with cancer has been getting worse, the charity says.<\/p>\n
But, in contrast, those who don’t have cancer after an urgent referral – which is the large majority of people – are informed more quickly, with 75% told the good news within the target time.<\/p>\n
“It’s promising that more people are having cancer ruled out on time, helping to put their minds at ease,” says Cancer Research UK chief executive Michelle Mitchell.<\/p>\n
“However it’s unacceptable that only half of people who have cancer are being diagnosed within the target timeframe.”<\/p>\n
Follow-up tests to confirm the presence of cancer, particularly complex ones, and what type it is can cause delays in diagnosis. This can lead to delays in starting treatment too.<\/p>\n
Jon Shelton, head of cancer intelligence at CRUK, says this process “is taking too long” and tests need to be carried out “as quickly as possible”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The call by cancer doctors comes as the government prepares to publish its long-awaited cancer strategy for England,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[105,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-414721","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-uk","10":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115183386836769130","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}