NHS cancer care failings highlighted

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Cancer patients not getting right care, say doctors

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National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre found significant variation between hospitals.

Problems accessing nationally-recommended treatments are putting lives at risk, say experts.

30% of patients with high-risk prostate cancer do not get curative treatment.

34% of stage three colon cancer cases do not receive chemotherapy within three months of surgery.

50% of kidney cancer patients do not have drug treatment with performance varying between 20% and 85% across different services.

A new cancer strategy is expected to be published in the second half of the year , which Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said will revolutionise services. A Welsh government spokeswoman said it was working with the NHS to "plan, deliver, recover and improve cancer services". She said the audit highlighted areas where further work was needed..

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