Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 72711

Breast Cancer

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 5 September 2025

Question

James MacCleary

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the accuracy of the classification of stage 4 breast cancer as moderate in severity.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

Neither the Department for Health and Social Care nor the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) have classified stage 4 breast cancer as moderate in severity.In developing guidance on whether new medicines can be recommended for routine...

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