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Hospital blow out: Cancer patients at risk – Daily Examiner

Cancer patients are facing delays in treatment as hospital waiting lists explode. Experts reveal what Australians must do now to ensure they get help.

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Exclusive: Hundreds of thousands of Australians missed out on health screens and surgeries because of COVID-19 with hospitals now so overwhelmed some people won’t get their surgery until 2022.
New data from Cancer Australia shows there were 15 per cent fewer procedures to detect bowel cancer and 10 per cent fewer PSA tests for prostate cancer.
Surgeries to treat melanoma and breast cancer were also down by six per cent, a new report which tracks data between January and September this year and compares…

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