In brief

A private bill to establish a UK-wide register of all women who undergo breast removal, to prevent cancer and enable consultants to assess the effectiveness of the surgery, is being sponsored by Joan Ruddock, MP for Lewisham Deptford. The Prophylactic Mastectomy Registry Bill had its second reading this week.

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