Department of Health written question – answered at on 24 November 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure the routine availability of bisphosphonates to reduce the risk of breast cancer spreading to the bone in post-menopausal women.
Research led by the University of Sheffield on the effects of bisphosphonate treatment on recurrence and cause-specific mortality in women with early breast cancer was presented in 2013. We understand that NHS England’s Breast Cancer Clinical Reference Group plans to incorporate this research into guidance it will be publishing in 2015.
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