This is what a series of projects run through the ACE programme, an NHS England early diagnosis initiative supported by Cancer Research UK and Macmillan Cancer Support, are trying to find out.
The focus is on an approach called direct access where the patient is referred by their GP straight to the appropriate diagnostic test, reducing the waiting time between the initial GP visit and the diagnosis, in some cases. You can read more about this story on our Science blog here.
I hope you’ll enjoy reading it as much as I did and would love to hear your thoughts on how this could impact cancer diagnosis.
Best wishes,
Renata