Cancer risk rises as patients wait for diagnostic testing

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) The longer a patient with a positive screening result waits for diagnostic testing, the worse their cancer outcomes may become, according to a literature review of breast, cervical, colorectal, and lung studies in the journal CA led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news