Urgent cancer referrals: how well are they working and can they be improved?

Urgent GP cancer referrals, often referred to as 2-week wait (2WW) referrals in England (with equivalent processes in the devolved nations), have changed the landscape of cancer diagnosis in the UK. The data presented by Round et al ,1 demonstrate this starkly: referrals have increased hugely over the past decade and the detection rate (DR; the percentage of new cancer cases treated resulting from a 2WW referral) has increased from 41% to 52%...