Target met as more in the city women have screening

More women in Sunderland have received breast cancer screenings, new figures have revealed.

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A breast cancer charity has welcomed the increasing breast screening uptake across England, but warned there remains "significant work to do to save more lives".

The rise follows NHS England's first-ever breast screening awareness campaign to encourage more women to attend potentially lifesaving mammographs in order to help detect cancers earlier.

NHS England figures show 25,604 women aged between 53 and 71 in Sunderland underwent a breast screening in the three years to March-up from 24,599 in the three years to March 2023.