Earlier this year, the body which develops clinical advice for England and Wales issued new guidance on ovarian cancer, which is the fourth most common cancer killer of women in the UK. However, the equivalent body in Scotland is not due to issue new guidance until next year at the earliest.
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Cancer treatment fears over Scottish guidelines hold-up
TREATMENT of a cancer that strikes hundreds of women in Scotland every year is in danger of falling behind England because of changes to the advice given to doctors, health experts have warned.
