Prostate Cancer

Health written question – answered at on 2 July 2014.

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Photo of Nadine Dorries Nadine Dorries Conservative, Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the Government have spent on prostate cancer research in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

Photo of Daniel Poulter Daniel Poulter The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health

The following figures provide an annualised estimate of Government funding for prostate cancer research, provided by the National Cancer Research Institute Cancer Research Database 2009 to 2013.

  Prostate cancer (£)
2009 7,895,544
2010 7,158,048
2011 7,095,581
2012 9,484,685
2013 8,276,039

These figures include only direct spend on prostate cancer research, or spend which directly supports prostate cancer research; it does not include fundamental research that could have implications for prostate cancer in the longer term.

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