The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 273 No 7316 p339
11 September 2004

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£6m cancer project

Nine areas of England are to pilot schemes to improve the quality of care for cancer patients. The two-year pilots will cost £6m.

Patients in the nine areas will be monitored to see how earlier diagnosis and better service co-ordination can help them find their way through the NHS more easily, reduce uncertainty and improve well being.