US EditionChildhood cancers which take longest to diagnose revealed in new study
- Researchers from the University of Nottingham led a study revealing that older teenagers and those with bone and brain tumours face the longest diagnosis delays for childhood cancer in the UK between 2020 and 2023.
- The study analyzed data from 1,957 children aged 0 to 18 and found that diagnosis times varied widely due to factors like age and cancer type, while sex, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status showed no impact.
- Half of these young patients waited at least four weeks to be diagnosed, with 67% receiving cancer diagnoses after emergency referrals or hospital admissions, and some experiencing multiple medical visits before diagnosis.
- Overall, it took a median of 4.6 weeks for a cancer diagnosis to be made, with teenagers aged 15 to 18 waiting the longest at an average of 8.7 weeks, and bone tumour patients experiencing the lengthiest delay of 12.6 weeks. In contrast, infants and children with kidney cancer received diagnoses more quickly, at 3.7 and 2.3 weeks respectively.
- The study, featured in a leading European health journal, seeks to guide the National Cancer Plan and enhance diagnostic processes to reduce waiting times, particularly for teenagers and patients with bone tumors.
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Children and young people are waiting longer than necessary for cancer diagnosis, according to new research
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TEENAGERS and children with bone cancer face longer waits for a diagnosis than those with other types of the disease, a new review has revealed. The longer cancers are left untreated the bigger they can grow and harder they are to cure, Cancer Research UK warns on its website. GettyMost childhood cancers are only picked up during emergency trip to A&E or hospital[/caption] Scientists from the University of Nottingham analysed data on 2,000 young…
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