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<p>In response to the Independent Breast Screening Review 2018, the United Kingdom
National Screening Committee (UK NSC) has commissioned work to help clarify what the
upper screening age in breast should be and discussed the findings at its meeting
in February. The recommendation will be made to Ministers and minutes of the UK NSC
meeting will be made available six weeks after the meeting at the following link:</p><p>
</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/uk-national-screening-committee-uk-nsc"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/uk-national-screening-committee-uk-nsc</a></p><p>
</p><p>We continue to wait for the results of the Age Extension Trial to help provide
the evidence needed to better understand what the benefits and harms are when offering
screening outside the current recommended screening age.</p><p> </p><p>Regarding the
age for cervical screening, women will stop receiving routine invitations once they
reach 65 unless they need ongoing surveillance or follow up. The natural history of
cervical cancer means that it is unlikely that women over this age who have been regularly
screened will go on to develop cervical cancer; furthermore, we know that screening
becomes more uncomfortable for women as the cervix is less visible after menopause.</p>
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