Health written question – answered at on 18 October 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what support his Department is giving to projects to sequence cancer genomes.
The United Kingdom is among the world leaders in genomics research. The Department and National Institute for Health Research work with Cancer Research UK to fund Experimental Cancer Medicine Centres and support the Cancer Stratified Medicine Programme to improve genetic tests for cancer.
As part of the Cancer Outcomes Strategy, the Department will develop a commissioning and funding structure to enable the efficient delivery of high quality molecular diagnostic testing through centres of excellence.
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