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Cancer: Diagnosis

Asked by Wera HobhouseLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 21 January 2025UIN 24460

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to NHS England's news entitled Early cancer diagnosis in England reaches highest ever level, published on 2 January 2025, if he will publish data on the number of cancers diagnosed at (a) Stage 1 and (b) Stage 2 by cancer type for each of the last five years for which data is available.

Answered by Karin Smyth

Data on the number of all stageable cancers diagnosed at both stage 1 and stage 2 are collected by cancer type. This data is compiled by the National Disease Registration Service and published by NHS England, with more information available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/cancer-registration-statistics

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