Cancer patients who are young, female or from an ethnic minority face a longer wait to be diagnosed and referred to a cancer specialist, researchers say.
Overall, 77% of people were referred after one or two visits to their GP, according to data from 41,299 cancer patients in England.
Researchers said some groups faced more visits before referral. Data from the 2010 National Cancer Patient Experience Survey in England showed that a quarter of patients needed to visit their GP at least three times before being sent to a cancer specialist.
Read more at BBC Health.
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