Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 37460
Brain: Tumours
Tabled: 11 March 2025
Answered: 24 March 2025
Named DayQuestion
Jonathan Davies
Labour — Mid Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of including nanopore sequencing-based brain tumour methylome classification in the National Genomic Test Directory.
Answer
Ashley DaltonThe Department funded the Cancer 2.0 initiative in 2021, delivered by Genomics England in close partnership with NHS England. The three-year programme demonstrated that nanopore sequencing-based brain tumour classification demonstrates significant promise...
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