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Brain: Tumours

Commons · Question 27888 · Tabled 31 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 12 Feb 2025

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Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many funding applications the National Institute of Health and Care Research received for brain tumour research on (a) diagnosis and screening and (b) drugs and treatment therapies in each of t

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Answered by Ashley Dalton, 12 Feb 2025

Research is crucial in tackling cancer, which is why the Department invests over £1.5 billion per year in research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). NIHR research expenditure for all cancers was £133 million in 2023/24. C...