§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what information she has on the length of survival after diagnosis of breast cancer in(a) the South Birmingham district health authority area and (b) the west midlands; what is the comparative figure in respect of the Nottingham prognostic index; what was the number of new cases diagnosed in each of the last five years in (i) South Birmingham and (ii) the west midlands; and what was the number of deaths in each of the last five years for each health authority weighted to take population into account. [15823]
§ Mr. SackvilleThis information is not available centrally. The hon. Member may wish to contact Mr. Bryan Stoten, chairman of South Birmingham health authority, and Mr. Bryan Baker, chairman of West Midlands regional health authority, for details.
§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if her Department monitors the rate of reproductive cancers, with particular reference to testicular cancer, on a continual basis; and if she will make the most recent statistics available. [15956]
§ Mr. SackvilleData on the number of new cases of cancer registered each year with the 11 cancer registries in England have been published annually by the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys on behalf of the Department in "Cancer statistics—registration"—series MB1—reports since 1971. Prior to 1971, these data were published in the Registrar General"s "Statistical Review of England and Wales, Supplements on Cancer".
In 1989—the latest available figures—there were 4,758 new cases of malignant neoplasm of the ovary and other uterine adnexa—ICD 183—registered in England, compared with 1,178 new cases of malignant neoplasm of the testis—ICD 186.