Jeff Fink wrote:-
<<I read that in Great Britain 30% of the people with curable colon cancer
are
dying from colon cancer, because, by the time the operation is scheduled it
is no longer curable>>
Where did you read this? It doesn't sound like the National health Service I
know. It's possible that this means that 30% die because they are diagnosed
too late but this doesn't mean that surgery is delayed once diagnosis is
made. Here is a 2004 link to stuff they are doing to improve diagnosis.Links
within it suggest that any trouble may be with GPs not referring people
early enough for further investigation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3957531.stm
