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A Head and Neck 'Two-Week Wait' Clinic: Cancer Referrals or the Worried Well ?

Published:2012-06-01 Issue:6 Volume:94 Page:1-4
ISSN:1473-6357
Container-title:The Bulletin of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
language:en
Short-container-title:Bulletin

Author:

Rimmer J¹,Watson J²,O'Flynn P³,Vaz F³

Affiliation:

1. SpR in Otolaryngology, University College Hospital, London

2. SHO in Head and Neck Surgery, University College Hospital, London

3. Consultant Head and Neck Surgeon, University College Hospital, London

Abstract

Head and neck cancer affects approximately 8–15 per 100,000 of the UK population, with marked regional variations. There is good evidence that early detection improves prognosis but unfortunately many of the initial symptoms are often non-specific. In 2000 the NHS Cancer Plan introduced the 'two-week wait'(2WW) rule to increase the speed with which patients with suspected cancer are seen by a specialist.

Publisher

Royal College of Surgeons of England

Subject

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Link

https://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/pdf/10.1308/147363512X13311314196212

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