Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 35930

Rare Cancers: Gene Therapies

Tabled: 5 March 2025
Answered: 13 March 2025

Question

Brian Mathew

Liberal DemocratMelksham and Devizes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential of targeted mutation treatments through genetic treatment for rare cancers.

Answer

Ashley Dalton
Improvements in genomic capabilities have accelerated the development of new precision medicines which can target genomic mutations, including for rare cancers. To help make precision medicines available to patients, the National Health Service has suppor...

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