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Blood Cancer: Diagnosis

Commons · Question 25064 · Tabled 20 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 24 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Clive Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on patient data that would indicate disease progression at point of diagnosis in blood cancers.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 24 Jan 2025

The National Disease Registration Service, through the National Cancer Registration and Analysis Services (NCRAS), collects information on how many people in England have cancer. Blood cancer is included as a distinct category, labelled haematological neo...