Bottomley on breast awareness for cancer

Title

Bottomley on breast awareness for cancer

Genre

Interview

TX Date

1 Oct 1991

Year of production

1991

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Duration

00:03:30

Description

Paul Rowley interviews health minister, Virginia Bottomley, about public calls for women to be breast aware for signs of breast cancer in an attempt to cut the UK’s annual toll of fifteen thousand deaths from the disease. And on contradictory messages given by outgoing Chief Medical Officer Donald Acheson and the screening programme for women over 50.

Contributors

Paul Rowley; Virginia Bottomley

Keywords

Women; Cancer; Health education; Breast cancer; Health advice; Breast cancer screening; Breast self examination; Donald Acheson; Mammography

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