Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 8611
Breast Cancer: Diagnosis
Tabled: 10 October 2024
Answered: 18 October 2024
Question
Edward Morello
Liberal Democrat — West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the number of primary care facilities for the diagnosis of stages of breast cancer.
Answer
Karin SmythThe two most common routes through which breast cancer is diagnosed is following an urgent referral from a general practitioner, on the basis of signs and symptoms, or via breast screening, which happens in fixed or mobile breast screening units.In March ...
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