Pancreatic Cancer: Diagnosis
Commons · Question 46625 · Tabled 17 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by 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
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 30 Apr 2025
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...