Question reference: S6W-06133
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 2 February 2022
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 February 2022
Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the five-year survival data for pancreatic cancer in Scotland.
Answer
The Cancer Survival publication is due for release on 19th April 2022 and will be hosted by Public Health Scotland. Data on 1 and 5 year survival will be published for patients diagnosed between 2015 and 2019 as well as long-term trends in survival for patients diagnosed since 1995. Information is presented for 27 types of cancer, for Scotland as a whole and by age, sex and socio-economic deprivation.