More than 11% of patients had to wait more than 104 days last year, up from 4.4% in 2016, analysis shows

The proportion of cancer patients in England experiencing long waits for treatment has almost trebled, figures show.

Analysis by Cancer Research UK exclusively for the Guardian shows there has been a nearly fourfold increase in the number of patients in England waiting more than 104 days for urgent cancer treatment, from just over 6,000 patients in 2016 to 22,000 last year.