Cancer Research UK Report Debate
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Lord Turnberg
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Lord Markham (Con)
I do not think that the Government have come to a view but I understand the point. I will take that back to the department and the Treasury.
Lord Turnberg (Lab)
My Lords, we are doing reasonably well with certain cancers—leukaemias and breast cancer—but very badly with pancreatic cancer and colon cancer. Most of these are asymptomatic for a long while, until it is too late. We desperately need a test that will indicate that there is a disease coming. What research is being done in this area and what money is being spent on it?
Lord Markham (Con)
The noble Lord is absolutely correct that, while we have made good progress in many areas, pancreatic cancer is the hardest one and one where we need to do more. That is true all around the world, because the symptoms are so hard to detect. I will happily write with the details to give him an answer on that.