Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 46625

Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis

Tabled: 17 April 2025

Answered: 30 April 2025

Question

Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on research into a breath test to enable early detection of Pancreatic Cancer.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The PANACEA study will recruit 8,000 patients across 40 sites by September 2026 to evaluate breath test performance and is expected to complete in March 2027. This is one strand of the Office for Life Sciences’ Cancer Healthcare Goals Programme, which sup...

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