GPs urged to refer more via two-week cancer pathway to reduce deaths GP practices have been urged to increase use of the two-week cancer pathway, after a study in the BMJ found that low referral rates through the scheme were linked to higher death rates in patients. GP Online
See also:
See also:
- Use of the English urgent referral pathway for suspected cancer and mortality in patients with cancer: cohort study BMJ (open access)
- GPs call for greater access to diagnostics for detecting cancer Royal College of General Practitioners
- Doctors who delay cancer tests 'cause 2,400 deaths a year' The Daily Mail
- Thousands of cancer patients dying because GPs fail to refer for tests The Daily Telegraph
- Cancer fast track scheme could have saved thousands of lives if used properly The Independent
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