UK Doctors Alarmed At Decline In Cervical Smear Tests

... UK doctors and health professionals are alarmed at the sharp fall in the number of women coming forward for routine cervical smear tests. They say it could lead to an increase in deaths from cervical cancer.Since a nationwide screening programme was introduced in 1988, the mortality of cervical cancer has reduced from 6,000 to 1,000 a year. [click link for full article] ...