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£30m plan to prevent 300 Scots dying from cancer

A NEW £30 million plan aims to prevent more than 300 deaths from cancer a year in Scotland.

Detect Cancer Early aims to increase the number of people diagnosed in the initial stages of the disease by 25% and will focus on tackling the three most common cancers in Scotland – breast, bowel and lung cancer.