A suspected cancer pathway opens from the point a patient was suspected of having cancer (for example when a GP makes a referral) rather than the point at which the decision to treat is made.
Mae mwy o achosion o ganser yn cael eu canfod ar gamau cynharach drwy fynediad mwy amserol at archwiliadau diagnostig a thrwy cymhwyso’r canllawiau ar gyfer atgyfeiriadau lle’r amheuir canser.