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Understanding delays in cancer diagnosis

It is important to diagnose cancer as early as possible. Cancers caught at an early stage are more likely to respond to treatment. But, there are often delays between a person noticing a symptom and their cancer being diagnosed.

Dr Richard Neal at the University of Wales College of Medicine in Wrexham is carrying out a study to find the best method of measuring these delays – a questionnaire that patients fill in themselves or a nurse asking them questions.

In the future, the method that Dr Neal develops will be used to see if interventions to reduce delays are successful.

Find more of our research in Wales.