Liberal Democrat MEP Liz Lynne has launched a cross party campaign in the European Parliament calling for breast cancer screening for every woman in the EU between the ages of 50 and 70.
Supported by three other MEPs from different parties, Liz Lynne has put down a Written Declaration calling for the plan as part of a sustained Europe-wide campaign to beat the disease, which kills nearly 90,000 women in Europe every year.
Liz Lynne MEP was co-chair of MEPs Against Cancer in the last parliament and is leading the campaign to ensure it is set up again. Liz has worked closely with the European Breast Cancer Coalition of cancer charities in drawing up the proposals in the Declaration, launched today at the European Parliament in Strasbourg .
The Declaration calls for every EU member state to introduce nationwide breast screening, and for the Commission to draw up a progress report every two years.
Liz Lynne said: “Breast cancer is still the leading cause of death of women between 35 and 59, and across European Union nations 331,392 women were diagnosed in the most recent yearly figures.
“We need to ensure that every member state including Britain is taking the most effective steps to fight this terrible disease and we hope as many MEPs as possible will sign this Declaration – we need 369 signatures to force a debate.”
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