Thousands NHS patients who are unaware they have cancer facing deadly delays due to record backlog

Thousands NHS patients who are unaware they have cancer facing deadly delays due to record backlog More than 25,000 patients on NHS waiting lists are likely to have cancer despite being referred to hospital for a different condition, a worrying study suggests.

GPs will have had no suspicion of the disease and it will only be discovered when patients finally have scans or start treatment for something else.

It means delays tackling the record NHS backlog of 7million people could prove deadly as cancer is easier to treat when caught early. The Daily Mail