Warning over reliance on US cancer tests

Doctors are being forced to make judgment calls on cervical smear tests analysed in the US putting thousands of women at risk, a leading health lobby warned today.

Warning over reliance on US cancer tests

Doctors are being forced to make judgment calls on cervical smear tests analysed in the US putting thousands of women at risk, a leading health lobby warned today.

The Dublin Well Women’s Centre criticised the health service for sending tests to private labs in Chicago and Texas as it tries to reduce waiting times for results.

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