Terminal cancer diagnosed at 21
A young mum from Newcastle with terminal cervical cancer is campaigning for the age of screening for the disease in England and Wales to be lowered from 25 to 20.
It is different in Scotland as all women between the ages of 20 and 60 are invited to have a cervical screening test every three years.
Jade Pateman told the Victoria Derbyshire programme it took too long for her to receive an accurate diagnosis.
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