Delay in diagnosis: the experience in Denmark
British Journal of CancerPublished 1 December 2009Open access
Frede Olesen, R P Hansen, Peter Vedsted
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In future, fast-track diagnosis and treatment will be provided for suspected cancers and access to general diagnostic investigations will be improved.
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In future, fast-track diagnosis and treatment will be provided for suspected cancers and access to general diagnostic investigations will be improved. A large national experiment with cancer seen as an acute disease is currently being implemented, and as yet the results are unknown.
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