The UK’s ‘emergency’ cancer battle

Study finds Britain is ‘among worst in the world’ at detecting disease early

Woman undergoes mammogram
(Image credit: Heather Charles/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

More than a third of cancer cases in Britain are only diagnosed after visits to accident and emergency (A&E) departments, new research has found.

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