§ 70. Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many deaths have been caused by lung cancer in each of the last 10 years; how many other deaths were caused by cancer over the same period; and what facilities are being provided for early detection of the disease.
§ Mr. RossThe early detection of lung cancer is a function of the clinical diagnostic services which are fully available in hospital specialist departments supported by the chest X-ray screening programme provided by the mass radiography service.
Following are the figures:
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