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<p>Later this year, the Government will begin the roll-out of new Rapid Diagnostic
Centres across the country to upgrade and bring together the latest diagnostic equipment
and expertise, which focus on diagnosing cancers where patients often present with
non-specific symptoms, like pancreatic cancer, and may go to their general practitioner
(GP) many times before being sent for tests.</p><p> </p><p>This is part of the NHS
Long Term Plan that was published in January 2019. It sets a new ambition that, by
2028, the proportion of cancers diagnosed at stages 1 and 2 will rise from around
half now to three-quarters of cancer patients. Achieving this will mean that, from
2028, 55,000 more people each year will survive their cancer for at least five years
after diagnosis. We will build on work to raise greater awareness of symptoms of cancer,
lower the threshold for referral by GPs, accelerate access to diagnosis and treatment
and maximise the number of cancers that we identify through screening. This includes
the use of personalised and risk stratified screening and beginning to test the family
members of cancer patients where they are at increased risk of cancer.</p>
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