Cervical cancer screening comes under discussion
A national cervical cancer screening programme could be a step closer after the Screening Experience conference takes place in Limerick today.
It is bringing together all those who would be potentially involved in the initiative. Ireland has one of the highest death rates in Western Europe from cervical cancer. Despite this, Ireland does not have a national screening programme.
If it’s caught early, cervical cancer can be treated.
In the UK, where a screening programme has been introduced, it is estimated that 5,000 deaths have been prevented and the incidents of the disease has dropped by 80%. Women over 20 years of age are checked on a three or five yearly basis.
Today’s conference in Limerick is being attended by doctors and nurses.
