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'Get screened': Call for Australians to catch up missed cancer checks

Jill Margo

Health authorities have called for Australians who missed their cancer screenings this year to act now and get up to date.

The call, from Cancer Council Australia and Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt, accompanies a report showing almost 740,000 fewer screens for bowel, breast and cervical cancer were performed during the first half of this year, compared to previous years.

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Jill Margo was a senior writer at The Australian Financial Review.

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