Fall in number of women attending breast screenings

BreastCheck screened some 128,002 women in 2012, detecting 858 cancers, its latest programme report shows.

The National Breast Screening programme said more than 71% of eligible women attended screenings — in line with the target of 70%. However, it said this data represented a fall-off of approximately 3% from the 2011 figures.

The 858 breast cancers detected represented 6.7 per 1,000 women screened.