HC Deb 13 April 2000 vol 348 c281W
Mr. Paul Marsden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of intensity-modulated radiotherapy against prostate cancer. [118328]

Yvette Cooper

Preliminary evidence from the United States of America indicates that intensity-modulated radiotherapy may have a role in the treatment of prostate cancer. However, this treatment is not common practice in the United Kingdom and its effectiveness has not been evaluated.

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