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Question follow-through · 28573

Brain: Tumours

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, If he will make an assessment of the potential impact of excluding measures of grading in brain tumour diagnosis on his targets for cancer diagnosis set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
4 Feb 2025
Target answer date
6 Feb 2025
Answer
20 Feb 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, If he will make an assessment of the potential impact of excluding measures of grading in brain tumour diagnosis on his targets for cancer diagnosis set out in the NHS Long Term Plan.

  2. 6 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The target for earlier cancer diagnosis is to diagnose more cancers at stages 1 and 2, because when cancer is diagnosed earlier, there are more potential treatment options and the likelihood of successful treatment is higher. The grading of brain tumours ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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