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...