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"I was lucky": Vale cancer survivor says pausing screenings will cost lives
Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.A cancer survivor who says without screening her family would have had to bury her has told how she believes cancelling routine tests has played down the disease.Figures revealed last week show that almost 400,000 screenings have been delayed after the decision was taken to pause them during the Covid-19 pandemic.And Alexandria woman Michelle McGinty, who was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2016, has said the move could have huge consequences for people with the disease going forward.She told the Lennox Herald: “For years we’ve had campaign after campaign telling us about early detection and early treatment and how that’s the most important thing.“I think that
