Breast cancer screening move to save lives

Catherine Shanahan

Breast cancer screening move to save lives

Two years after former Health Minister Micheál Martin announced the extension of the national screening programme to the south and west, the Government approved putting the project to tender.

Professor of surgery at University College Hospital Galway (UCHG), Prof Michael Kerin, said it was "extremely important" not to lose any more time in rolling out BreastCheck.

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