§ Mr. WoodcockTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are being taken to encourage work on early detection of childhood cancers and, in particular, the type called neuroblastoma.
§ Mr. Freeman[holding answer 12 June 1989]: The Department provides research funds to the Childhood Cancer Research group, which maintains a national registry of childhood tumours and carries out studies of the causes and treatment of childhood cancers. The Department also supports the cancer screening evaluation unit, which provides advice on existing and possible future schemes of screening for cancer, including neuroblastoma.