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<p>Early diagnosis of blood cancers is difficult as symptoms, such as tiredness or
back pain, are often misdiagnosed. For suspected blood cancers, the National Institute
for Health and Care Excellence published a revised guideline in 2015 which clearly
sets out that general practitioners should consider a very urgent full blood count
within 48 hours to assess for leukaemia if adults present with suspicious symptoms.</p><p>
</p><p>In December 2016 NHS England announced transformation funding of £200 million
for Cancer Alliances to encourage new and innovative ways to diagnose cancer earlier,
improve the care for those living with cancer and ensure that each cancer patient
gets the right care for them.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, the Accelerate, Coordinate
and Evaluate Programme is a unique early diagnosis initiative, a programme of 60 projects
exploring innovative concepts of diagnosing cancer earlier across England. The programme
is testing a new multi-disciplinary diagnostic centre approach to diagnosing patients
with vague or unclear but concerning symptoms, often characteristic of hard to diagnose
cancers like blood cancers.</p>
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