Mr. Lansley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many lung cancer patients in each (a) cancer network and (b) strategic health authority area received (i) surgical resection, (ii) active, anti-cancer treatment and (iii) radiotherapy in each year since 1997-98. [220988]
Mr. Watson:
I have been asked to reply.
The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the authority to reply.
Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated July 2008:
As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many lung cancer patients in each (a) cancer network and (b) strategic health authority area received (i) surgical resection, (ii) active, anti-cancer treatment and (iii) radiotherapy in each year since 1997-98. [220988]
The latest year for which data are available on the national cancer registry database, which ONS operates on behalf of the Department of Health, is 2005. Tables 1-3 below show the number of cases of lung cancer, newly diagnosed in each of the years 1997-2005 in the specified geographical areas, receiving (i) surgical, (ii) hormonal and other treatments and (iii) radiotherapy as initial treatments. In 55 per cent of lung cancer cases in the database during the period, either no treatment information was recorded or patients were recorded as having had no treatment. Ten per cent of cases were recorded as receiving more than one treatment.
Table 1: Registrations of newly diagnosed cases of lung cancer( 1) receiving surgical treatment( 2) , by Strategic Health Authority and Cancer Network( 3) , England, 1997-2005
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
England
3,339
2,907
3,026
3,000
2,913
2,750
2,701
2,775
3,120
Strategic Health Authority
North East
110
178
180
182
187
209
203
176
229
North West
435
366
402
393
324
244
271
283
418
Yorkshire and the Humber
442
361
370
363
347
370
342
329
310
East Midlands
424
357
362
337
296
262
247
248
207
West Midlands
357
336
337
369
330
325
303
337
377
East of England
311
310
304
299
325
317
309
283
472
London
361
377
362
394
366
366
338
343
354
South East Coast
162
178
157
189
195
188
206
215
202
South Central
266
155
195
173
159
150
160
162
145
Southwest
471
289
357
301
384
319
322
399
406
Cancer network
3 Counties
56
47
60
56
57
59
44
51
51
Anglia
165
161
156
162
146
161
168
162
162
Arden
49
60
60
45
49
44
48
61
56
Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire
148
80
128
90
132
91
97
147
153
Central South Coast
201
73
115
106
116
131
108
137
124
Derby/Burton
61
52
45
55
32
86
55
64
53
Dorset
133
40
53
53
59
50
40
51
63
Essex
50
49
48
36
77
75
77
57
211
Greater Manchester and Cheshire
174
158
157
130
145
143
159
179
194
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Greater Midlands
130
117
106
125
123
121
108
128
132
Humber and Yorkshire Coast
104
89
103
78
84
83
75
78
76
Kent and Medway
49
56
51
70
66
66
62
77
80
Lancashire and South Cumbria
73
81
85
78
67
77
78
55
52
Leicestershire Northants and Rutland
108
138
122
139
119
97
91
98
84
Merseyside and Cheshire
178
119
149
162
92
8
17
33
158
Mid Trent
234
150
174
126
124
70
82
80
57
Mount Vernon
83
81
85
77
80
59
51
51
59
North East London
78
71
71
93
90
85
101
78
63
North London
80
111
102
104
79
85
77
71
91
North of England
131
188
196
214
218
233
227
201
251
North Trent
128
122
97
83
105
100
82
65
57
Pan Birmingham
147
128
136
168
124
126
124
117
162
Peninsula
136
127
119
105
137
133
142
157
151
South East London
86
72
64
63
84
76
58
86
90
South West London
63
67
69
80
70
69
59
80
74
Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire
47
53
58
66
65
54
78
57
52
Sussex
51
56
48
36
46
41
51
58
56
Thames Valley
95
109
104
98
75
43
75
50
37
West London
76
82
74
89
77
89
67
53
86
Yorkshire
225
170
191
213
175
195
200
193
185
(1) Lung cancer is coded to C34 in the International Classification of Diseases Tenth Revision (ICD-10) (2) More than one type of treatment was recorded for some cases. (3) Cancer Network boundaries as at January 2008. Source:
Office for National Statistics
