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Breast screening performance report shows we are detecting cancers early but uptake is falling

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oking at breast scans on a lightboard display.

NHS Digital has published its latest annual report of breast cancer screening performance in England, covering the year 1 April 2016 to 31 March 2017. During those 12 months, we invited just under 3 million women for screening and screened 2.2 million, an increase of 1.3% on the previous year. 

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