Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 72576
Breast Cancer: Screening
Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 5 September 2025
Question
Helena Dollimore
Labour (Co-op) — Hastings and Rye
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase awareness to ensure that women with the NF1 gene undergo the breast cancer screening to which they are entitled.
Answer
Ashley DaltonNeurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is an inherited condition that causes cancerous and non-cancerous tumours to grow along the nerves. It affects everyone in a different way. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) guidance does not add...
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