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NHS England 📅 19 Feb 2026 ⏱ 1 min read Oncology

Women attending first NHS mammogram hits 10-year high as thousands more cancers found

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Hundreds of thousands more women attended NHS breast screening last year and thousands more cancers were diagnosed early in England. New figures today show that in 2024/25, 1.94 million women aged 50 to 70 attended screening within six months of invitation – up nearly 200,000 (193,745) from 1.75 million the previous year. As a result, […] This content is

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