"the thing is that we know this at the outset, so we know that two in every 1,000 people won't be detected. And if we end up with being sued for all of those, then actually the benefit that we get from the 18 who are detected might be lost" #cervicalcheck https://www.rte.ie/news/health/2020/1112/1177689-cancer-screening/

There is no cervical cancer screening programmes in the world that detects 20 out of 20 abnormalities. That is why women in the screening programme have developed cancer and why in the future this will still happen #intervalcancer #cervicalcheck

However we know that when women are diagnosed with cervical cancer by #CervicalCheck, 80% are detected at stage 1. Women who present with symptoms are more likely to be at stage 2, 3 or 4 at presentation