HC Deb 24 January 1992 vol 202 c365W
Mr. Gareth Wardell

To 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 Bennett

The 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.