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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Tobi Thomas Health and inequalities correspondent

SHOCKING: Women urged to accept nhs cervical screening invitations - What They Never Told You

A medic holds a cervical smear in liquid phase
The NHS is urging all women to attend cervical screening even if they are vaccinated. Photograph: Phanie/Alamy

Women have been urged by NHS officials to attend cervical screenings after figures showed a third of those under 50 do not take up their invitation.

Each year, about 3,200 women in the UK are diagnosed with cervical cancer and 850 die from it. It is the 14th most common cancer affecting women in Britain, with women aged 30 to 34 most likely to be diagnosed with it.

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