§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish for each of the last five years the number of new cases whose diagnosis was confirmed in that year for the following cancer types:(a) lung, (b) colorectal, (c) breast, (d) lymphoma, (e) pancreatic, (f) leukaemia, (g) ovarian, (h) melanoma and (1) cervical.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettThe latest available published information for usual residents of Wales are given in the table:
Registrations of newly diagnosed cancer cases 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Trachea, bronchus and lung 2,153 2,202 2,237 2,324 2,168 Colorectal1 1,562 1,723 1,759 1,835 1,686 Breast (female) 1,505 1,541 1,532 1,711 1,532 Breast (male) 12 14 21 27 15 Lymphoma2 284 364 319 416 355 Pancreas 349 404 438 395 381 Leukaemia3 274 305 298 315 309 Ovary and other uterine adnexa 303 343 346 344 318 Malignant melanoma of skin 125 174 148 174 197 Cervix uteri 242 344 353 375 351 Source: Welsh Cancer Registry. 1Includes colon and rectum. 2Includes Hodgkin's disease. 3Includes, lymphoid, myeloid, monocytic and other unspecified leukaemia.