Cancer patients were warned by a medical expert today that tumours could become inoperable as their treatment is delayed during the coronavirus pandemic. Professor Gordon Wishart said a delay of two or three months for some types of cancer ‘might make the difference between a tumour being operable or inoperable’. The Check4Cancer chief medical officer also suggested NHS hospitals should treat only coronavirus patients, leaving private clinics to take on those with cancer. It comes as high-priority NHS cancer patients are being treated at private hospitals from this week with up to 20,000 of them set to benefit over the coming months. The delays to operations are also despite 20,000 former NHS staff agreeing to return to the Health Service to help in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Professor Gordon Wishart said today that a delay of two or three months for some types of cancer ‘might make the difference between a tumour being operable or inoperable’ He told BBC Radio 4: ‘We run national networks of diagnostic clinics, and so we work with a lot of different consultant surgeons who all work in the NHS as well. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Germany sees highest number of coronavirus deaths…