HC Deb 01 April 1996 vol 275 c52W
Ms Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list vaccinations currently available on the NHS assessed by his Department as helping to prevent cancer. [23424]

Mr. Horam

In protecting people from acquiring hepatitis B infection, hepatitis B vaccine will also serve to prevent that proportion of cases of hepatocellular carcinoma—primary liver cancer—that is associated with the long-term carriage of hepatitis B virus.

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