Some types of cancers are found in patients much later than others, a major survey of cancer in Japan has shown, in another wake-up call for doctors to refine diagnostic technology.
The National Cancer Center Japan (NCC) released Sept. 26 the results of its annual survey of all new cancer cases, covering diagnoses made in 2014.
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Cancers have different tendencies in diagnosis timing