Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on the availability of MRI scanning to diagnose prostate cancer in Wales?
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport | Answered on 31/01/2017
In December 2016, the Royal College of Surgeons in England published the National Prostate Cancer Audit Report for England and Wales. It confirmed TRUS biopsy remains the principal diagnostic technique with 92% of Welsh patients in the audit having this performed. It also reported that 65% of Welsh patients in the audit received multi parametric MRI (mpMRI) as part of staging the cancer.