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Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans increase breast screenings for young women with (a) neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and (b) other determinants of being at risk of developing breast cancer.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 Oct 2024
Target answer date
16 Oct 2024
Answer
21 Oct 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans increase breast screenings for young women with (a) neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and (b) other determinants of being at risk of developing breast cancer.

  2. 16 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    All women with neurofibromatosis type 1 are eligible to begin screening at the age of 40 years old. This is 10 years below the normal screening age of 50 years old. Women can have screenings from a younger age if they have a higher-than-average risk of br...

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Schools and Universities: Sports

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