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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9824

23 January 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/health
Androulla Vassiliou calls on member states to invest more in cancer screening

Brussels, 22/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - Despite commitments taken at European level to ensure adequate screening for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer, as shown in the Council recommendation of 2 December 2003 on cancer screening (2003/878/EC), progress on screening has been slow. In the first report on implementing this recommendation, published on Thursday 22 January, the European Commission deplores the fact that member states have not fully put this screening in place. Less than half...

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