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Brain Cancer: Medical Treatments

Commons · Question 86310 · Tabled 29 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 6 Nov 2025

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Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2025 to Question 77609 on Medical Treatments: Cost Effectiveness, what percentage of completed NICE appraisals for brain tumour medications have led to approval

Answer

Answered by Zubir Ahmed, 6 Nov 2025

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has not published final guidance on any brain tumour appraisals in the last 12 months.NICE is currently developing guidance on the use of vorasidenib for treating astrocytoma or oligodendrogliom...