Cancer: Surgery
(asked on 18th May 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the NHS plans to offer keyhole surgery for liver and colon cancer.
This question was answered on 25th May 2016
NHS England is committed to promoting evidence-based innovation and surgical techniques. Laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery can be used in many different surgical interventions, including for liver and colorectal cancer, as determined by clinical teams, often in discussion with the patient.