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Breast Cancer: Hormone Treatments

Commons · Question 23287 · Tabled 13 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Sharon Hodgson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of people who developed secondary breast cancer after completing the 10-year recommended hormone therapy in the latest period for which data is a

Answer

Answered by Andrew Gwynne, 16 Jan 2025

The National Disease Registration Service (NDRS) in NHS England, as the national cancer registry, collects diagnosis and treatment data on cancer patients in England. The NDRS does not hold data on the number of people who developed secondary breast cance...