Make it easier for those with lung cancer symptoms to get tests, experts say
Researchers called for the widespread adoption of services that allow patients to self-refer without a GP consultation.
NHS trusts allow patients to refer themselves for chest x-rays amid GP appointment crisis
The NHS is piloting self-referrals for lung cancer checks to reduce diagnosis delays caused by a GP appointment crisis.
Austin American-Statesman15d
Lung cancer as a nonsmoker younger than 40? Yes, as Central Texas woman found out.
Her lungs sounded normal to her doctor, but she was sent to get an X-ray in May just in case ... in relatively good health before this. Lung cancer was nowhere on her radar.
Tyler Morning Telegraph15d
Some Breast Cancer Patients May Not Need Post-Op Chest Wall Radiation
“This study demonstrates that chest wall irradiation after a mastectomy has no influence on 10-year overall survival for patients with intermediate-risk breast cancer,” researcher Ian ...
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Some Breast Cancer Patients May Not Need Post-Op Chest Wall Radiation
Radiation therapy doesn’t improve survival in medium-risk breast cancer patients Patients who got chest wall irradiation had the same survival as those who didn’t The difference wasn’t ...
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Some Breast Cancer Patients May Not Need Post-Op Chest Wall Radiation
“This study demonstrates that chest wall irradiation after a mastectomy has no influence on 10-year overall survival for patients with intermediate-risk breast cancer,” researcher Ian Kunkler, a ...