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Cancer screening

A general view of medical equipment on a hospital ward.

Cervical screening interval increases to five years

The interval will increase from three years due to advances in screening, public health bosses say.

A man lying on his back with his arms outstretched undergoes a CT scan while a female medic with long black hair dressed in a blue uniform in the foreground watches

Free lung cancer screening offered for smokers

About 7,000 current and former smokers will be invited for a consultation and possibly a CT scan.

Hull & East Yorkshire

A group of NHS staff, some in clinical scrubs stand in front of a diagnostic machine.

Thousands to benefit from new NHS hub

The centre will deliver faster tests and reduce hospital trips across Surrey and Sussex, says NHS.

A woman goes for a mammogram. She is pictured alongside a female medical professional.

Call for NHS to give women with dense breasts extra cancer scans

Additional scans better tailored to spotting cancer in dense breasts could treble detection rates.

A woman with short grey hair is examined by a medical professional in a white coat, standing next to breast-screening equipment.

Low uptake for breast screening appointments

The Humberside service offers screenings around East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

Pippa Slater smiling. She has long brown curly hair and is wearing a black t-shirt. There is green grass in the background behind her.

'I thought 24 was too young to have bowel cancer'

Pippa Slater says it is vital people do not ignore symptoms after her cancer was caught early.

A woman looking at a computer with two monitors, which are showing black and white images from a breast cancer screening session.

Staffing issue causing disruption at breast clinic

Manx Care warns of delays to appointments due to a hold-up in having a new radiologist in place.

Nikki Snell is smiling at the camera and is wearing a medical uniform with a nurse's fob watch and and a badge with her name, the title senior radiographer, clinical oncology on it. She is standing in a treatment room that has a piece of radiography machinery next to her and a standing shelf unit behind her.

Charity marks 25 years of supporting cancer unit

The Sunrise Appeal says it has raised £2.9m for medical equipment for Cornwall's cancer unit.

A small lens on a phone camera is being held to a woman's eye

New app trial cuts skin cancer referrals by 50%

The new cancer detection process is being trialled by GP practices in Devon and Cornwall.