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Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Jun 2010)

Jimmy Deenihan: ...statistics available for 2008 and early 2009 show that 92,061 people were screened by BreastCheck and 672 cancers were detected. This means a large number of people were saved. Screening for cervical cancer seems to be working very well. This is available for women between the ages of 25 and 44. I have an interest in screening for colorectal cancer. Anyone whose parents died from...

Cancer Screening Programme. (15 Nov 2006)

Jimmy Deenihan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this very important matter. A serious problem has arisen in my constituency regarding cervical smear cytology. Cervical smear tests are recommended for all women aged between 20 and 65. As the national smear testing programme has not yet been rolled out to counties such as Kerry, many GPs do their own screening on a voluntary basis. The...

Cancer Screening Programme: Motion. (12 Apr 2005)

Jimmy Deenihan: ...the early detection of cancer by screening is one of the strategic areas of cancer prevention. Clinical trials of specific screening methods have been shown to be effective in detecting breast and cervical cancer. Breast cancer has now overtaken both lung and bowel cancer to become the second most common cancer in Ireland. Women in the Republic are suffering because of the failure to...

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