Rare Cancers: Diagnosis
Commons · Question 66388 · Tabled 9 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Clive Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to ensure that the National Genomic Test Directory for Cancer is expanded to include known biomarkers for rare forms of cancer.
Answer
Answered by Ashley Dalton, 28 Jul 2025
The National Genomic Test Directory includes tests for over 7,000 rare diseases and over 200 cancer clinical indications, and includes both whole genome sequencing (WGS) and non-WGS testing. It is updated annually, following a robust and evidence-based pr...