Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)

Yes, because symptomatic cases are supposed to be easier to identify than screening an entire population. A second radiologist is recommended internationally in those instances because it is more difficult to diagnose cancer among an entire population when the people coming for screening have no symptoms. I am not a clinician and do not draw up the guidelines. They are developed by clinical experts in the field of radiology.

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