The BreastCheck cancer screening programme is doing its job and has helped to save the lives of women in the State, Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said. She said in her 30-year career in breast cancer screening she would have dealt with one case or less per year involving solicitors. Prof O’Doherty expressed fears that spiralling legal costs could lead to the breast cancer screening programme being closed down. “Although mammograms will detect most cases of breast cancer, there will always be cases where cancer is not detected. “The primary aim of breast screening is to pick up pre-cancerous cells but not all breast cancers will be found by mammogram,” she said.

Source: The Irish Times May 24, 2018 18:45 UTC