Cancer Patients Wait Longer for Surgery in England
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Vocabulary
spread /spred/ verb
to move or grow to new areas; to move outward from a center
The cancer spread to other parts of her body during the waiting period.
surgery /ˈsɜr.dʒər.i/ noun
a medical operation when a doctor cuts into the body to fix a problem
She needed surgery to remove the tumor from her chest.
schedule /ˈsked.uːl/ verb
to plan for something to happen at a particular time
The hospital could not schedule her operation until three months later.
Article
Many cancer patients in England are waiting too long for their surgery, according to new information from the BBC. Some patients report that their cancer became worse while they waited for doctors to operate. This is happening even though the government said it wanted to speed up cancer treatment and help more people survive.
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