United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 90176
Brain Cancer: Human Tissue
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12 November 2025
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5 February 2026 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) fresh-freezing, (b) snap-freezing and (c) flash frozen capacity for brain cancer tissue samples across NHS trusts in England.
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12 November 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) fresh-freezing, (b) snap-freezing and (c) flash frozen capacity for brain cancer tissue samples across NHS trusts in England.
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5 February 2026
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Fresh-freezing, also referred to as snap-freezing, is a standard technique used by pathology networks to preserve tissue architecture without chemical fixatives, allowing for subsequent molecular or histological analysis, typically supporting research or ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-11-12/90176
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1851464
- uk · wq-1851464 · source updated 5 February 2026