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Almost a third of cancers in the over-70s are only diagnosed when a patient is admitted to hospital as an emergency, a study suggests.
The National Cancer Intelligence Network looked at nearly 750,000 patients' experiences between 2006-08 in England.
Brain and lung cancers were among the most likely to be found this way, the British Journal of Cancer paper said.
Experts said the figures were "shocking" and "appalling".
The NCIN "worked backwards" for each patient in the study to see what the sequence of events had been leading up to their diagnosis.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19662456
The National Cancer Intelligence Network looked at nearly 750,000 patients' experiences between 2006-08 in England.
Brain and lung cancers were among the most likely to be found this way, the British Journal of Cancer paper said.
Experts said the figures were "shocking" and "appalling".
The NCIN "worked backwards" for each patient in the study to see what the sequence of events had been leading up to their diagnosis.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19662456