One-stop breast clinics: imaging, biopsy and a preliminary answer in a single visit
A woman with a breast lump should be examined, scanned and biopsied on the same day, and hear the result within a few days, rather than visiting four times over two months.
One-stop symptomatic breast clinics with triple assessment on the day have been standard in parts of the UK for decades and cut diagnostic intervals to days. Most health systems still separate imaging, biopsy, and consultation across departments and weeks. Reorganising into a co-located, same-day pathway with rapid pathology is an operational change with a large effect on time to treatment and patient anxiety.
- Fragmented care and guideline gaps · Patients fall between specialists, wait for referrals and often do not get the treatment guidelines say they should.
- Most lethal cancers are found late · Screening exists for only a few cancers. Pancreatic, ovarian, liver, oesophageal and most lung cancers are found when cure is unlikely.
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