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Eye Cancer: Medical Treatments

Commons · Question 61478 · Tabled 20 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 25 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Sir John Whittingdale

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether chemostat can be prescribed by the NHS for the treatment of patients with ocular melanoma.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 25 Jun 2025

Chemosaturation therapy, often referred to as chemostat, is used to treat cancer that has spread to the liver arising from ocular melanoma. It is not used to treat ocular melanoma alone.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published guida...