Streamlined Treatment Plan for Lung Cancer Patients Set Out By Health Experts
Posted on: Wednesday, 23 February 2005, 06:00 CST
NEW rules to improve the treatment of lung cancer patients in Scotland were outlined yesterday by health leaders.
Diagnosis should be fast-tracked and patients given greater access to specialised scanning, according to the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, a body of experts from all the health professions. Communication between specialists and those suffering from the second most common type of cancer should also be improved.
An estimated 4,000 patients die from lung cancer in Scotland every year, while 4,400 cases are diagnosed annually.
About 90 per cent of lung cancer patients are smokers or ex- smokers and the guidelines warn that only by controlling tobacco use will there be a significant reduction in the numbers affected.
Professor Gordon Lowe, chairman of the group, said that the measures should make a difference to people with the disease. "These lung cancer guidelines are about making sure patients get the right treatment when they need it."
Source: Scotsman, The
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