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The UK's NHS Breast Screening Programme, the first of its kind in the world, began in 1988 and achieved national coverage in the mid-1990s. It provides free breast cancer screening mammography every three years for all women in the UK aged from 50 and up to their 71st birthday.
An NHS England adviser urged women to ‘put their health at the top of their to-do lists’. Breast cancer screening uptake below target for fourth consecutive year Skip to main content
The Million Women Study is a multi-centre, population-based prospective cohort study of women aged 50 and over invited to routine breast cancer screening in the UK. Between 1996 and 2001, women were invited to join the Million Women Study when they received their invitation to attend breast screening at one of 66 participating NHS Breast Screening Centres in the UK.
In 1986, a new £550,000 out-patient eye clinic opened, offering corrective laser eye surgery, [4] and in 1989, the hospital introduced a breast cancer screening service for women over the age of 50, with X-rays taken every three years. [4] In the 1980s John Mallard led a team which built the first whole body MRI scanner. [7]
Under the plans, starting next month, women will be pinged reminders that the are due or overdue an appointment for breast screening. New NHS ‘ping and book’ service will encourage women to ...
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In an article entitled "What are the drawbacks of breast screening?" [8] published in 2011, Michael Baum criticised the NHS Breast Screening Programme: Whatever the number, that one woman who benefits from a decade of screening has a life of infinite worth and if screening were as non‐toxic as wearing a seat belt there would be no case to answer.
Only 3% to 13% of breast cancers detected by screening mammography will fall into this last category. Clinical trial data suggests that 1 woman per 1,000 healthy women screened over 10 years falls into this category. [80] Screening mammography produces no benefit to any of the remaining 87% to 97% of women. [80]
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