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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maryam Zakir-Hussain

Cervical cancer ‘to be wiped out in England by end of next decade’

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Cervical cancer will be eliminated in England by 2040, the head of the NHS has pledged thanks to new strategies to increase the uptake of vaccines and screenings.

Cervical cancer is found anywhere in the cervix and mainly affects women under the age of 45.

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