Patients with follicular lymphoma and Hodgkin’s lymphoma are among cancer patients who have suffered from growing delays in the NHS, according to a new analysis of ‘long waiters’ – defined as people waiting for treatment for 104 days or more.
More than 22% of patients with follicular lymphoma have faced long treatment delays, according to the analysis by the charity Cancer Research UK. In total they represented 23% of patients with haematological cancer who faced long waits.
In contrast, patients with myeloma and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia were least likely to face delays, the analysis found.
The charity worked with the National Disease Registration Service to analysed the number of cancer patients who have faced long delays since 201...
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