Deprived areas such as West Dunbartonshire have been worst affected by under-diagnosis due to the Covid pandemic, according to new figures.
Public Health Scotland has laid bare the scale of the cancer crisis across the country, showing thousands of missing cases and a sharp fall in early diagnosis.
Cancer incidence fell from being 33 percent higher in deprived areas pre-pandemic to 30 percent higher in 2020 compared with more affluent regions.
