Examples of missed opportunities for an earlier cancer diagnosis
Some Situations prone to a missed diagnosis in cancer
| Tumor | Clinical situation | |
| Lung cancer | False negative X-ray: delays six times longer. Superior sulcus tumours treated for musculoskeletal shoulder pain. Older and socially deprived groups |
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| Larynx | Performing mirror examination significantly shortened the professional diagnostic delay. Women double probability of diagnostic delay | |
| Upper gastrointestinal | Taking acid suppression for symptoms delays the diagnosis | |
| Gastrointestinal | Inappropriate use of a rapid access to an endoscopy service | |
| Cervix cancer | Pregnancy: delayed diagnosis | |
| Rectal cancer | Negative barium enema within the year prior to diagnosis as a cause of the delayed diagnosis |
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