BreastCheck screenings fell by more than two-thirds in 2020
Covid-19 impact: Just 56,000 screened last year compared to more than 170,000 in 2019
How have breast cancer patients been impacted by Covid-19 pandemic?
Irish Cancer Society says 450 cancers, 1,600 pre-cancers have gone undetected during lockdown
Breast cancer screening service’s future may be at risk over legal claims
Health sources fear claims of misdiagnosis in BreastCheck scheme threaten its viability
Up to 24 medical negligence cases since 2002 include confidentiality clause
BreastCheck ‘has tacitly admitted’ concerns over potential missed diagnosis in screenings
BreastCheck unit in Cork received three solicitors’ letters in recent weeks
Lawyers criticise comments by breast screening chief over spiralling legal costs
Health watchdog finds shortcomings in breast cancer screening
No defined structure at BreastCheck for managing patient information, says Hiqa
Government seeks to reassure women over BreastCheck’s future
Programme has saved lives, is performing well and will continue to do so, says Coveney
Nearly 1,000 cancers detected by BreastCheck in one year
Head of national screening programme says it is saving lives as 146,000 women screened
Too ‘yucky’: Why people don’t avail of free cancer screenings
If all those eligible for bowel cancer screening availed of it, deaths would fall by 30%
Irish cancer experts decry breast cancer study findings
UK study claims “no evidence” that screening reduces breast cancer deaths
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