Trust loses cancer screening service over biopsy failings

By 2010-11-05T13:49:00

generic breast cancer mammogram

The breast screening service in north Cumbria is to be restructured after an investigation concluded it failed to carry out needle biopsies in enough cases, leading to delays in diagnosing 16 patients.

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