Written question asked by Christopher Fraser (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 February 2010. It was answered by Ann Keen (Labour) on Wednesday, 24 February 2010 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Prostate Cancer: Medical Treatments

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people with a diagnosis of prostate cancer were recorded as having received treatment by (a) watchful waiting, (b) active surveillance, (c) radical prostatectomy, (d) laparoscopic prostatectomy, (e) robotic prostatectomy, (f) low-dose rate brachytherapy, (g) high-dose rate brachytherapy, (h) cryotherapy, (i) external beam radiotherapy, (j) hormone therapy, (k) high intensity ultrasound, (l) chemotherapy, (m) bisphosphonates and (n) another method in each primary care trust commissioning area of responsibility in each year since 1997-98.

Answer: This Information is not held in the requested format. We are not able to provide figures relating to: watchful waiting, active surveillance, radical prostatectomy and bisphosphonates, as these are not captured in Office of Population Censuses and Surveys (OPCS)-4 codes.We have provided a count of finished consultant episodes where the primary diagnosis was prostate cancer and this information has been placed in the Library.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 506 c601W; 317710
Session: 2009-10
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP2010-0485
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects: Medical treatments Prostate cancer
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk