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Thousands invited to new mobile breast screening unit in Woking
Thousands of women in north Surrey are being invited to breast cancer screening appointments at a new mobile testing state-of-the-art scanning unit will be stationed in the car park at the Royal Horticultural Society Garden in Wisley, Woking, until February than 9,000 people aged 50-70 are being asked to come in for screening. The NHS says that for every 1,000 tests, about nine breast cancers are found, diagnosed and treated Armer, public health consultant for NHS England in Surrey and Sussex, said: "Regular breast screening is one of the best ways to spot a cancer that is too small to feel or see yourself."
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in the UK, with the chances of getting breast cancer increasing with one in every seven women in the UK are diagnosed with breast cancer during their NHS says attending breast screening appointments when invited every three years is important because it can detect cancer before symptoms are aged 71 or over will not automatically be invited for breast screening, but still have the right to a free test every three can phone or write to their local breast screening unit to make an appointment.
