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Letters Renaming low risk cancers

Renaming low risk cancers: honest engagement with patients is more important

BMJ 2019; 364 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l840 (Published 26 February 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;364:l840
  1. Santhanam Sundar, consultant oncologist
  1. Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK
  1. sundar{at}oncology.org

Renaming low risk cancers would be a cosmetic exercise and would not solve the underlying problem.1 The exponential rise in diagnosis of low risk cancers …

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