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I have just been reading that they are blaming patients themselves for the high death rate amongst Cancer patients. They say patients are leaving it too late in seeking help from the doctor and before being referred to a specialist.

I believe this a load of nonsense, as my husband was visiting his GP regulararily and he was seen by specialists numerous times for tests over a period of two to three years. They put his problems down to Irritable bowel syndrome and just prescribed different tablets.

He developed a chest problem, and it was after being sent for a scan by the chest specialist that he referred him to the Cancer specialist.

It was found that he had liver cancer, originating from bowel cancer.

It took a chest specialist to alert the cancer specialists about his condition.  Are the doctors and specialists, too busy, or too tired, or even not too caring about sorting out patients problems correctly. If   they diagnosed correctly to start with, and sent patients for the much needed scans and tests, maybe the death rate would be lower.

My husband passed away last year after being told that cancer treatment would be a waste of time, he lived on pain killers.

My best friend suffered the same fate, she was visiting doctors and specialists for over two years with stomach pain. It was just six weeks before she died that they said she had terminal cancer, and that was after they finally sent her for a scan.

It is my belief that if a patient is not satisfied with just a GPs diagnosis and they believe it something worse, then they should insist on a CT scan being done.

Cancer is not always easy to diagnose so a CT scan will usually show up a problem and more lives could be saved. Why wait untill it is too late.

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