Lung Cancer
(asked on 13th July 2026) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in each year since 2015.
The National Disease Registration Service (NDRS) collects data on cancer incidence across a range of tumour types and stages. Data showing the annual incidence rate of stage four lung cancer can be found at the following link:
https://nhsd-ndrs.shinyapps.io/incidence_and_mortality/
The following table shows the incidence rate of stage four lung cancer from 2015 to the most recently published data available, from 2023:
Year | Geography type | Stage | NDRS main | Incidence |
2015 | England | 4 | Lung | 18,563 |
2016 | England | 4 | Lung | 18,821 |
2017 | England | 4 | Lung | 18,315 |
2018 | England | 4 | Lung | 18,158 |
2019 | England | 4 | Lung | 16,998 |
2020 | England | 4 | Lung | 17,149 |
2021 | England | 4 | Lung | 17,136 |
2022 | England | 4 | Lung | 16,663 |
2023 | England | 4 | Lung | 15,942 |