§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the survival rates for lung cancer are in(a) the UK and (b) other countries in Europe and the USA. [27457]
§ Ruth KellyI have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Kidgell to Dr. Jenny Tonge, dated 17 January 2002:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question the survival rates for lung cancer in (a) the UK and (b) other countries in Europe and the USA. I am replying in his absence. (27457)Comparable information on cancer survival in the parts of the UK and Europe covered by the Eurocare II study was published in "Survival of Cancer Patients in Europe: the EUROCARE-2 Study" (IARC Scientific Publications No. 151); a copy is available in the House of Commons Library. Information on cancer survival in the USA can be found on the website of the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) cancer registries: http://www-seer.ims.nci.nih.gov/
§ Dr. TongeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of lung cancer were reported between 1980 and 2000 in the UK. [27458]
§ Ruth KellyI have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from John Kidgell to Dr. Jenny Tonge, dated 17 January 2002:
The National Statistician has been asked to reply to your recent question concerning how many cases of lung cancer were reported between 1980 and 2000 in the UK. I am replying in his absence. (27458)It is estimated that there were 800,000 newly diagnosed cases of lung cancer in the United Kingdom from 1980 to 1998 (the latest year for which data are available). This figure is based on the number of registrations of lung cancer in Great Britain in 1980–1998, and an estimate of the number of cases in Northern Ireland made using appropriate adjustments to the numbers of deaths from lung cancer in the period. Numbers of registrations of lung cancer in Northern Ireland are only available for 1993–1997.