Prostate Cancer (Hansard, 26 July 2000)

§ Mr. Ruffley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many prostate-specific antigen blood tests were performed in(a) 1997–98, (b) 1998–99 and (c) 1999–2000; [130743]
(2) how many new biopsy-proven cases of prostate cancer there were in (a) 1997–98, (b) 1998–99 and (c) 1999–2000. [130750]

§ Yvette Cooper
The information requested is not currently available. The latest available figures of registrations of prostate cancer for 1991–1996. Figures for 1994–1996 are provisional.

Year Number ¹Rate per 100,000

1991 14,313 49.7

1992, 15,823 54.8

1993, 17,210 59.1

1994 19,200 65.6

1995 18,400 62.3

1996 18,900 63.5

¹ Rates are directly age-standardised to the European population

§ Mr. Ruffley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) radical prostatectomy surgeries, (b) external beam radiation therapy courses and (c) radioactive seed implants (brachytherapy) for prostate cancer were performed in (i) 1997–98, (ii) 1998–99 and (iii) 1999–2000. [130748]

§ Yvette Cooper
The number of episodes where either a prostatectomy or radiotherapy for prostate cancer was performed, in NHS hospitals in England for 1997–98 to 1998–99 are shown in the table. Data for 1999–2000 are not yet available.
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Number of Finished Consultant Episodes (FCEs¹) for selected diagnoses and operations in NHS Trusts in England, 1997–98 and 1998–99

Diagnosis/operation 1997–98 1998–99

(a) Malignant neoplasm of prostate C61 (ICD10) with open excision of prostate M61 (OPCS 4R), or endorscopic resection of outlet of male bladder M65 (OPCS 4R). 6.468 6,366

(b) Malignant neoplasm of prostate C61 (ICD10) with Radiotherapy session Z51.0 (ICD10) 5.125 6,345

¹ An FCE is defined as a period of patient care under one consultant in one health care provider. The figures do not represent the number of patients, as one person may have several episodes within the year.

Notes:
Figures for 1997–98 are grossed for both coverage and unknown/invalid clinical data, but the figures for 1998–99 are ungrossed (i.e. no adjustments have as yet been made for shortfalls in data).
Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics (HES), Department of Health

§ Mr. Evans
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time is for(a) a body scan and (b) a bone scan following prostate cancer diagnosis. [132722]

§ Mr. Denham
This information is not collected centrally.

Year	Number	¹Rate per 100,000
1991	14,313	49.7
1992,	15,823	54.8
1993,	17,210	59.1
1994	19,200	65.6
1995	18,400	62.3
1996	18,900	63.5
¹ Rates are directly age-standardised to the European population

Number of Finished Consultant Episodes (FCEs¹) for selected diagnoses and operations in NHS Trusts in England, 1997–98 and 1998–99
Diagnosis/operation	1997–98	1998–99
(a) Malignant neoplasm of prostate C61 (ICD10) with open excision of prostate M61 (OPCS 4R), or endorscopic resection of outlet of male bladder M65 (OPCS 4R).	6.468	6,366
(b) Malignant neoplasm of prostate C61 (ICD10) with Radiotherapy session Z51.0 (ICD10)	5.125	6,345
¹ An FCE is defined as a period of patient care under one consultant in one health care provider. The figures do not represent the number of patients, as one person may have several episodes within the year.