Improving cervical screening uptake would save lives
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Improving cervical screening uptake would save lives

Viv Bennett @VivJBennett Chief nurse, Public Health England

A study published in the British Journal of Cancer in 2016 estimated that screening prevents 70% of cervical cancer deaths in England, and 83% of cervical cancer deaths could be prevented if everyone attended screening regularly.

Nursing Standard. 32, 21, 30-30. doi: 10.7748/ns.32.21.30.s22

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