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Lung Cancer

Volume 983: debated on Thursday 1 May 1980

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Mr. Greville Janner

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many men and how many women were treated for lung cancer in each of the last 10 years for which statistics are available.

Sir George Young

Information is not available in exactly the form requested. The following data refer

  • (1) to deaths and discharges following periods of treatment in NHS hospitals, and
  • (2) to registration of reported cases.

    • Sir George Young

    I refer the hon. and learned Gentleman to my reply of 9 July 1979 to the hon. Member for Manchester, Blackley (Mr. Eastham.)—[Vol. 970, c. 49.]