Prostate Cancer

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 7 February 2017.

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Photo of David Mowat David Mowat The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health 12:00, 7 February 2017

The national standard is that we expect 85% of all cancer patients to receive initial treatment within two months of an urgent referral. For cancer overall, the most recent data indicate that we achieve 82%, and for prostate cancer around 78%, against that standard. The lower figure for prostate is due to the fact that the pathways are more complex than average.