Health
Delaying cancer treatment by just one month can dramatically increase risk of death, study finds – The New Daily
A new British-Canadian research project has endeavoured to measure the impact of delaying cancer treatments on mortality rates.
Delaying cancer treatment by one month can lead to as much as a 13 per cent higher risk of death, research suggests.
UK and Canadian researchers have found there is a significant impact on mortality if treatment is delayed, whether surgical, systemic therapy such as chemotherapy or radiotherapy for seven types of cancer.
The risk keeps rising the longer treatment is delayed, according to the research published in the British Medical Journal.
While it is already widely accepted delays can have adverse…
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