Eight women ‘developed cancer after smear test misread’ – as thousands urged to get tests rechecked 

EIGHT women who had their smear tests misread by screeners went on to develop cancer, a major review has found.

Eleven more were found to have pre-cancerous changes to cells and needed treatment after having their slides looked over again.

GettyThousands of women were told to get their smear tests rechecked after some were found to have been misread[/caption] AlamyThe review found that women who developed cervical cancer may have been diagnosed earlier if their results hadn’t...