A question on #EyeCancer #MedicalTreatments tabled by Sir John Whittingdale on 20-06-2025 has been answered by Ashley Dalton.

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
Asking Member handle: jwhittingdale
Asking Member Twitter reference: @jwhittingdale
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
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Date answered: 2025-06-25
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4981
Answering Member display name: Ashley Dalton
Answering Member handle: AshleyDalton_MP
Answering Member Twitter reference: @AshleyDalton_MP
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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...
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Answering body ID: 17
Answering body name: Department of Health and Social Care
Tweeted: true