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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9295
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/health

Parliament calls for 1800 multidisciplinary centres to be set up to screen for and treat breast cancer by 2016

Strasbourg, 26/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - In Strasbourg on Wednesday 25 October, the European Parliament adopted a joint resolution on breast cancer in the enlarged EU, clearly indicating the importance it attaches to equal access for all women in Europe to screening and appropriate treatment for this disease which is contracted by 275,000 women every year. The resolution was carried by 641 votes to 11, with 4 abstentions.

Parliament called on Member States to ensure provision of...

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