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Title
Cancer referrals
Subject
Cancer
Patient referral
Quality of patient care
Source
Right Care
Year of publication
2012
http://www.rightcare.nhs.uk/index.php/2012/02/wide-variation-in-cancer-referral-and-diagnosis/
Abstract
A study published in Lancet Oncology shows that there is a variation in the speed of referral to hospital, of patients with suspected cancer depending on their ethnicity, age and gender. The research found that patients from an ethnic minority or who are young or female have to wait longer to be diagnosed and referred to a cancer specialist. Also, patients with possible symptoms of lung or pancreatic cancer, were referred less quickly than patients with symptoms of breast and testicular cancer or melanoma.
Date added01/03/2012
Created byKath Williams
Published by
East Midlands Strategic Health Authority