Screening for Breast Cancer in England: Past and Future

NHSBSP Pub. No. 61

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ISBN 1 84463 026 9 - Published February 2006

The NHS Breast Screening Programme began in 1988. This document traces the history of the programme, its influence upon healthcare and its development through evidence based practice to the present day where it now screens 1.3 million women each year and diagnoses about 10,000 breast cancers annually.

NHS Breast Cancer Screening Publications

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