Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 85025
Brain Cancer: Medical Treatments
Tabled: 24 October 2025
Answered: 6 November 2025
Named DayQuestion
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 AhmedThe 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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