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Written question asked by Paul Stinchcombe (Labour) on Wednesday, 26 November 1997, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 3 December 1997. It was answered by Lord Boateng (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 December 1997 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Dept of Health

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to provide national guidelines on the introduction of two-view screening for each round of breast screening; and what plans the Government has to improve the United Kingdom's detection ratio for those rounds of breast screening following the first screening; and what assessment he has made of the advantages of two-view mammography for detecting small cancers.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
302 c259W; 18506;18510;18508
Session
1997-98
Subjects
Breast cancer Screening Cancer Screening Evaluation Unit