According to a Cancer Research UK study published in November 2019, 1 in 4 cancer patients experience an avoidable delay in their diagnosis. Many of these patients are incorrectly diagnosed with another illness before the cancer is found. A delay in treating cancer can cause prolonged suffering and lifelong complications, and a lengthy delay could mean the cancer is no longer curable.
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What is a Delayed Cancer Diagnosis?
In some cases, a patient will live with cancer for a long time before being diagnosed because they do not display classic symptoms. However, there are cases in which a diagnosis could have been made earlier and was not. This could be due to a number of factors, such as: