§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many men in England have been diagnosed with testicular cancer since 1 January 2000 aged(a)under 25, (b)25 to 35, (c)36 to 45, (d)46 to 55 and (e)over 55 years. [46760]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Simon Burns, dated 10 April 2002:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on the number of men in England who have been diagnosed with testicular cancer since 1stJanuary 2000 aged (a) under 25, (b) 25 to 35, (c) 36 to 45, (d) 46 to 55 and (e) over 55 years. (46760)251WFigures on the number of newly registered cases of testicular cancer since 1 January 2000 are not yet available. The latest available statistics for England cover registrations of cancer diagnosed in 1998. The table below shows the latest published available information.
Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of testicular cancer by age, 1998, England Cases of malignant neoplasm of testis Under 25 182 25–34 571 35–44 497 45–54 191 55 and over 100 Source:
Table 1 from 'Office for National Statistics. "Cancer statistics: registrations 1998, England", series MB1 no. 29' at http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme—health/MBI—No29.pdf.
§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the survival rates for patients in England suffering from thyroid cancer over the last three years. [46742]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Simon Burns, dated 10 April 2002:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on the survival rates for patients in England suffering from thyroid cancer over the last three years. (46742)The information requested is not available. The latest available figures on survival of thyroid cancer patients relate to England and Wales and were published in "Cancer Survival Trends in England and Wales 1971–1995: deprivation and NHS region"Series SMPS No. 61, a copy of which is available in the House of Commons Library. For patients diagnosed in 1986–90, the five year relative survival rate in England and Wales was 73%.
§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the survival rate for bowel cancer is in(a)the UK and (b)other European countries. [47550]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Tim Loughton, dated 10 April 2002:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on what the survival rate for bowel cancer is in (a)the UK and (b)other European countries. (47550)Comparable information on cancer survival in the parts of the UK and Europe covered by the Eurocare II study was published in "Survival of Cancer Patients in Europe: the EUROCARE-2 Study" (IARC Scientific Publications No. 151); a copy is available in the House of Commons Library.Information on survival from bowel1cancer in England and Wales, Scotland and parts of Europe (see below2) is summarised in Chapter 4 of the book Cancer Survival Trends3. Figures for the UK as a whole are not available.
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Five-year relative survival (%) Colon Rectum Men Women Men Women Europe2 47 47 43 43 England and Wales 39 39 37 39 Scotland 41 41 38 39
1This includes cancers of the small intestine, colon and rectum (ICD 9 codes 152, 153 and 154, respectively). Survival is usually analysed separately for colon and rectum, (although the rates tend to be similar). There are relatively few cases of cancer of the small intestine: 0.3% of the total in England in 1998. 2Cancer registries in the following European countries participated in the EUROCARE-2 study (those countries with complete coverage of the population by cancer registries are marked *): Austria, Denmark*, England*, Estonia*, Finland*, France, Germany, Iceland*, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Scotland*, Slovakia*, Slovenia*, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. 3Coleman MP et al. Cancer Survival Trends in England and Wales, 1971–1995: deprivation and NHS Region. Studies in Medical and Population Subjects No. 61. London: The Stationery Office, 1999.
§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many(a)men and (b)women have been diagnosed with skin cancer in (i) 2002 to the latest available date and (ii) each of the last 10 years. [46754]
§ Ruth KellyThe information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.
Letter from Len Cook to Mr. Simon Burns, dated 10 April 2002:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question on how many (a)men and (b)women have been diagnosed with skin cancer in (i) 2002 to the latest available date and (ii) each of the last ten years. (46754)Figures on the number of newly registered cases of malignant melanoma of the skin for 2002 are not yet available. Registration of non-melanoma skin cancer (which is very common but rarely fatal) is unreliable.Figures for malignant melanoma of the skin for the latest available ten years are given in the table below.
Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of malignant melanoma of the skin, by sex, 1989–98, England and Wales. Number of cases Male Female 1989 1,421 2,385 1990 1,507 2,176 1991 1,488 2,268 1992 1,658 2,512 1993 1,915 2,823 1994 1,909 2,816 1995 1,928 2,872 1996 1,938 2,767 1997 2,092 2,834 1998 2,257 2,989