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CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY FOUNDATION

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NICE quality standard on suspected cancer  

September 13, 2023


The DRAFT NICE quality standard on suspected cancer update can be seen here for stakeholder comments by 18 Sep:

https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-qs10176/consultation/html-content-7 

The issue for CUP patients has always been around initial presentation (to GPs) with non site-specific symptoms and it is encouraging to see the espoused theory in the update: ‘If results of tests in primary care cannot establish the most likely site of the suspected cancer, people are urgently referred onto a non-specific symptoms pathway.’

 



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