Half of skin cancer patients are failing to be referred urgently Nice warns Health watchdogs have called for improvements in diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer after new figures showed just half of skin cancers are being diagnosed after an urgent referral by GPs.
The warning from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) comes as figures show cases of skin cancer have risen by almost 50 per cent in a decade.
In England there were 12,246 new cases of malignant melanoma in 2013, with around 2,000 deaths a year. The Daily Telegraph
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The warning from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) comes as figures show cases of skin cancer have risen by almost 50 per cent in a decade.
In England there were 12,246 new cases of malignant melanoma in 2013, with around 2,000 deaths a year. The Daily Telegraph
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- Skin cancer Quality standard [QS130] National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Skin cancer patients are being let down as GPs fail to refer a THIRD of deadly melanoma cases within 2 weeks The Daily Mail
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