In the context of modern rapid access clinics, symptomatic CRC patients with delay between referral and diagnosis (even if this is several months or occasionally more than a year) have less aggressive tumours and markedly better long-term cure rate than their earlier diagnosed counterparts. Attempts to speed up further the diagnosis would be a waste of time and resources, being unlikely to make an appreciable difference to the overall cure rate.
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