Ailsa Guard waited seven months from the point of suspicion to start treatment for breast cancer.
BBC Wales health correspondent
The target is that 75% of patients will wait less than 62 days from the point of suspicion to starting treatment - but this has never been met, with the number currently at 52.9%. She described "screaming and shouting" for quicker treatment, adding: "I was only 46 then - 47 now - I don't want to die, I've got two kids, I've got a life, I want to live."
"The figures are showing that we're in trouble and cancer is in crisis in Wales, with that target not being met again," Mr Pugh added."This isn't just this month. It's an ongoing basis and we have to call it out for what it is - we're in a bad place in Wales at the moment." So why is there such a discrepancy between the different types of cancers?"Our staff are diagnosing and treating more patients than they've ever treated before," explained Prof Tom Crosby, national clinical director for cancer in Wales."And although the reasons for that shortfall and capacity vary between people, between machines, between facilities and hospitals...
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