The Avon Breast Screening Programme
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on mortality in the fortyforty-nine age group is still uncertain. The evidence from these trials led the committee to conclude that breast screening can reduce the mortality from breast cancer and this was, therefore, recommended. The whole matter then took on a political significance and it was decided to implement a countrywide screening programme within a very short period, (i.e. by 1990) considering the limited number of staff and facilities available so to do.
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