Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 31925

Neurofibromatosis: Breast Cancer

Tabled: 21 February 2025

Answered: 28 February 2025

Named Day

Question

Mary Glindon

Labour — Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to increase awareness among women with Neurofibromatosis type 1 that they are entitled to breast screening from the age of 40; and whether he has made an assessment of the pot

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The NHS Breast Screening Programme invites women between the ages of 50 and 71 years old to a screening every three years. However, women with an increased risk of breast cancer, such as those with neurofibromatosis type 1, are invited for screening from ...

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