Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 28573

Brain: Tumours

Tabled: 4 February 2025
Answered: 20 February 2025

Question

Dr Kieran Mullan

ConservativeBexhill and Battle

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, If he will make an assessment of the potential impact of excluding measures of grading in brain tumour diagnosis on his targets for cancer diagnosis set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
The target for earlier cancer diagnosis is to diagnose more cancers at stages 1 and 2, because when cancer is diagnosed earlier, there are more potential treatment options and the likelihood of successful treatment is higher. The grading of brain tumours ...

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