Avoidable delays in diagnosis of secondary breast cancers

Thousands of women are experiencing €˜avoidable’ delays in being diagnosed with the return and spread of breast cancer, a new report by Breast Cancer Now suggests. In the largest ever UK survey of people living with incurable secondary breast cancer, nearly one in four (24%) respondents who had previously been treated for breast cancer had to visit their GP three or more times with symptoms before being diagnosed with the return and spread of the disease. In addition, four in ten (41%) respondents who had spoken to a healthcare professional before being diagnosed with secondary breast cancer said they felt that their symptoms