Almost 12,000 women in the U.K. were living with undiagnosed breast cancer in May this year, according to new analysis – and screening for the disease is still below pre-lockdown levels.
Progress in reducing deaths from breast cancer has been put at risk by lockdown, with more than 10,000 fewer patients in England alone having started treated for the disease in the past year compared to the year before.
In a further indictment of the drive to "protect the NHS", analysis reveals that c. 11,000 women could be living with undiagnosed breast cancer. A reluctance to burden the NHS is said to be wreaking a “tragic cost”.
