It's not the same type of cancer. I went for a mammogram on 13th November after a biopsy I was told I have breast cancer on 7th December. I'm having a lumpectomy next Tuesday 29th December. I cannot believe that in some areas of the country are making people wait or go private.
Depends on type. Malignant melanoma has to be seen within 2 weeks of GP referral. HSC205 pathway. Stands for Highly suspicious of cancer. Next down is a squamous cell carcinoma. Lowest is basal cell carcinoma (BCC)
A BCC spreads, but along the surface of the skin, not into the dermal layers. It is nothing to worry about & can wait. I used to be a med sec with 5 consultant dermatologists.
Husband was told day before lockdown in March that his bowel cancer had metastasised to his lungs and possibly also in his liver which means Stage 4. He is still waiting to have treatment! He hasn’t seen a face to face doctor since this time last year. Oncologist ringing tomorrow with latest scan result. He has no symptoms thankfully.
Sorry it is a bit off topic but years ago my Aunt had a cancerous lump removed from her nose. She went on and on about it as if it was the most awful thing to happen to anyone ever.
About a month after her op, I happened to run into her in the High Street and without stopping to consider my words, blurted out "Is your nose still bothering you?" She was not amused
I had a non-sinister cancer on my nose and had it removed on the NHS in under 10 weeks. This was last year though! I have been left with an inch long scar.
My husband was referred late last year by our GP as I had spotted a dodgy mole on his back. I had taken photographs. At the out patients clinic the consultant asked to see the photos which were by this time 3 weeks old, he examined the mole and immediately took my husband to theatre. He had a second operation 3/4 weeks later. All OK now. ?
I've just checked mine out for you nadateturbe and I waited from June - December in non covid times, 7 years ago at a London hospital. I was told BCCs on the face cannot be removed by junior members of the team, only by consultants or pretty expert surgeons. Maybe that is why there is a delay.
There are skin cancers and skin cancers. If it was a BCC then quite often there is a wait of several months. It can spread, but it is not sinister and a delay doesn't put the patient at risk.
It is the COVID effect. At least 100,000 patients have had teatment and tests delayed because of the demands COVID has placed on medical services everywhere. DD came close to death as a result of the delays. Thankfully, she got treatment in the nick of time.
My aunt had skin cancer on her nose. NHS consultant said she would wait 6-9 months for treatment and it would spread by then. She went private and has just had it removed and also a skin graft. 6-9 months seems a very long waiting time. I was quite shocked.