Breast Cancer
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to provide additional funding for research into the diagnosis and treatment of invasive lobular breast cancer.
Answered by Preet Kaur Gill
The Government recognises the crucial need for research into all forms of cancer, including lobular breast cancer.
Government responsibility for delivering cancer research is shared between the Department of Health and Social Care with research delivered by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology with research delivered via UK Research and Innovation, which includes the Medical Research Council (MRC).
The NIHR and MRC are committed to supporting the development of fundable research proposals in lobular breast cancer and continue to encourage researchers to submit high quality funding applications to funding programmes in this area.
To further stimulate research in this area, in November 2025, the NIHR issued a highlight notice encouraging applications for new research into lobular breast cancer, to improve the detection, diagnosis, treatment and long-term surveillance of patients.
It is not the usual process of the NIHR to allocate funds for research into specific conditions. The NIHR welcomes funding applications for research into any aspect of human health and care, including lobular breast cancer. Our approach to funding research is through open and fair competition and peer review to ensure that the highest-quality proposals, most likely to deliver real impact for patients, are funded without imposing financial targets or limits.
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