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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maryam Zakir-Hussain

Key cervical cancer symptoms as disease ‘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 today.

The combination of giving a vaccine in schools and cervical screenings means the disease is on track to be eradicated, Amanda Pritchard will tell the NHS Providers’ conference in Liverpool.

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