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Delays in cancer referral, diagnosis linked with morbidities

December 22, 2021No Comments

Family Practice News, 15 December 2021: People with multiple preexisting chronic conditions experience a longer wait to receive a diagnosis of cancer and are more likely to be referred to an emergency department for their cancer, according to new research. These findings are based on a retrospective study of data from 11,716 cancer patients from … Continue reading Delays in cancer referral, diagnosis linked with morbidities

Hunting for cancer of unknown primary

January 13, 2019January 13, 2019No Comments

From ABC Online, 13 January 2019: Ken Lee woke up one morning and couldn’t move his legs. The 72-year-old had been experiencing numbness for a few weeks, but his doctor hadn’t been able to find anything amiss. When he lost the use of his legs, his family took him straight to hospital where scans revealed … Continue reading Hunting for cancer of unknown primary