Pseudomyxoma Peritonei

(asked on 6th February 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been diagnosed with pseudomyxoma peritonei in each of the last five years.


Answered by
Andrew Stephenson Portrait
Andrew Stephenson
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 13th February 2024

The National Disease Registration Service in NHS England, as the national cancer registry, collects diagnosis and treatment data on cancer patients in England. The following table shows the number of pseudomyxoma peritonei diagnoses each year from 2017 to 2021:

Year

Males

Females

Total

2017

22

42

64

2018

22

35

57

2019

29

54

83

2020

31

57

88

2021

24

41

65

Source: these figures are taken from the tables that support the National Statistics publication, which are available at the following link: https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/cancer-registration-statistics/england-2021---summary-counts-only


However, health is a transferred matter, so for cancer diagnosis rates in Northern Ireland you may wish to contact the Department of Health.

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