Ending the 'watch and wait' woes could be key to solving the cancer challenge

You do not need to be an oncologist to know how important catching cancer early can be.

But even with improvements in diagnosis, with more people being told that they have the early signs of cancer before it has reached the symptomatic stage, it is not necessarily the case that anyone can do anything to stop the disease's progression.

This means that many patients are left in the unsatisfactory and frightening ‘watch and wait’ limbo where, in all probability, they are waiting to be told that their cancer has spread, and that they need treatment.