Stoical patients leave it too late to see GPs for cancer checks, according to Cancer Research UK figures - The Guardian 21st November 2008

Nearly 11,000 cancer deaths could be avoided every year if British doctors were as good at detecting and treating the disease as the best countries in Europe and patients were less stoical, according to data published today.

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