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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ella Pickover

Alarm over dip in cancer screening

This includes 62,000 cases of breast cancer, 23,000 cases of bowel cancer and 4,400 cases of cervical cancer. (PA) - (PA Wire)

A leading health charity has sounded the alarm over a dip in the proportion of people taking up the offer for cancer screening as new figures show how effective the tests are at catching cancers early.

Cancer Research UK analysis show that breast, bowel and cervical cancer screening programmes have jointly spotted nearly 90,000 cancers between 2019 and 2023.

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