Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 118681

Glioblastoma: Life Expectancy

Tabled: 9 March 2026

Answered: 23 March 2026

Question

Sir Iain Duncan Smith

Conservative — Chingford and Woodford Green

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average life expectancy is for (a) newly diagnosed and (b) recurrent glioblastoma patients in the NHS over the last 10 years.

Answer

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

The National Disease Registration Service (NDRS) in NHS England, as the national cancer registry, collects diagnosis, treatment, and outcome data on cancer patients in England. The NDRS does not routinely publish statistics on life expectancy.However, NHS...

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