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Glioblastoma: Mortality Rates

2026-05-20 · Department of Health and Social Care · HL332 · Official question

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of health inequalities on the survival time of patients with glioblastoma.

Answer

National survival data for malignant brain cancers is collected and monitored. The latest available data for England shows one-year net survival for malignant brain cancer was 44%, and five-year net survival was 16.4%.The Department recognises that outcom...

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