Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 85025

Brain Cancer: Medical Treatments

Tabled: 24 October 2025
Answered: 6 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative — Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients in England are receiving treatment with the Optune Tumour Treating Fields device; and at which NHS Trusts such treatment is available.

Answer

Dr Zubir Ahmed
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) considered the use of tumour treating fields (TTF) in its guideline on brain tumours, reference code NG99, published in 2018 and recommended that the treatment should not be offered by the Natio...
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