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A campaign launched by West Yorkshire and Harrogate Cancer Alliance aims to encourage more women from certain communities to take up breast screening in a bid to detect cancers as early as possible.

Work to support people and families in the Harrogate area affected by dementia and cancer in accessing the care and support they need in their local community has earned local organisations a nomination for a national award. The Cancer and Dementia Together project has been funded by the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Cancer Alliance and has been developed through a partnership between the Cancer Alliance, Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust, Dementia Forward and Leeds Beckett University.

Funding from the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Cancer Alliance has enabled the delivery of cutting-edge technological initiatives to improve radiotherapy for patients with brain and liver cancer.

The cervical screening intervals have been extended from three to five years in England for individuals with a negative Human Papillomavirus (HPV) test.