Heading: |
Eye Cancer: Medical Treatments |
Question ID: |
1815087 |
UIN: |
61478 |
House: |
Commons |
Date tabled: |
2025-06-20 |
Asking Member ID: |
39 |
Asking Member display name: |
Sir John Whittingdale
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Asking Member handle: |
jwhittingdale
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Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@jwhittingdale
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Member interest: |
false |
Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether chemostat can be prescribed by the NHS for the treatment of patients with ocular melanoma. |
Is named day: |
true |
Date of holding answer: |
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Date answered: |
2025-06-25 |
Date answer corrected: |
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Is holding answer: |
false |
Is correcting answer: |
false |
Answering Member ID: |
4981 |
Answering Member display name: |
Ashley Dalton
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Answering Member handle: |
AshleyDalton_MP
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Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@AshleyDalton_MP
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Correcting Member ID: |
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Correcting Member display name: |
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Answer text: |
Chemosaturation therapy, often referred to as chemostat, is used to treat cancer that has spread to the liver arising from ocular melanoma. It is not used to treat ocular melanoma alone.The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence published guida... |
Original answer text: |
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Answering body ID: |
17 |
Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
Tweeted: |
true |