United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 201474
Ovarian Cancer: Medical Treatments and Screening
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13 October 2023
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20 October 2023 · Answer
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20 October 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding for (a) screening and (b) treating ovarian cancer.
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13 October 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding for (a) screening and (b) treating ovarian cancer.
Source: Commons
20 October 2023
Answer
There is currently no screening programme for ovarian cancer. The UK National Screening Committee reviewed the evidence for ovarian cancer screening in 2017 and found that screening did not reduce the number of women who died from ovarian cancer, and ther...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-10-13/201474
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1663620
- uk · wq-1663620 · source updated 20 October 2023