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His prime minister said King Charles’ cancer was caught early, and treatment began within two weeks. That improves the king’s prognosis, an advantage other cancer patients in England don’t have. Patients enrolled in the public health care system are enduring potentially dangerous wait times for the care to begin, the Washington Post reports. After being referred for urgent tests, more than one-third of patients waited more than 62 days for their cancer treatment to start, December data shows. More than 10% waited more than 104 days, per Cancer Research UK. Cutting wait times for health care wa…

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