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<p>Improving faster and earlier diagnosis of cancer is a top priority for the National
Health Service. To deliver the NHS Long Term Plan ambitions, NHS England and NHS Improvement
have set up Rapid Diagnostic Centres that bring together diagnostic equipment and
expertise to streamline diagnostic services for cancer, including cancers that are
sometimes harder to diagnose, such as ovarian cancer.</p><p>NHS England and NHS Improvement
encourage anyone with symptoms to continue to contact their general practitioner and
have issued clear guidance to the NHS to maintain urgent referral and diagnostic services
for suspected cancer.</p><p>The CA125 blood test, followed by an ultrasound for raised
CA125 is the current process recommended by the National Institute for Health and
Care Excellence.</p><p> </p>
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