NHS Wales urged over cancer diagnosis change

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NHS Wales can be among the world's best for cancer care if big changes are made in how quickly it is diagnosed, says an international expert.

Wales and the other UK nations have some of the worst cancer survival rates in the developed world.

But Prof Frede Olesen said lessons can be learned from Denmark, which has improved how patients with less obvious symptoms are diagnosed.

Welsh health experts have just returned from a fact-finding visit.

Prof Olesen from University of Aarhus said part of the reason Wales is lagging behind many other countries is patients too often wait too long for a diagnosis.

As a result too many patients start treatment at a late stage when their cancer is well advanced or has become incurable
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-35998183

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