Cancer: Tomography

(asked on 2nd September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of using (a) MRI scans and (b) T1 mapping in testing for cases of aggressive childhood cancer.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 23rd October 2020

No assessment has been made. The decision of testing for cancers is down to local medical professionals, who take into account National Institute for Health and Care Excellence guidance.

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