PROSTATE CANCER

Early day motion 606, tabled 4 May 1999 by Ian Gibson (Labour). Signed by 76 members.

That this House commends Covent Garden Cancer Research Trust on the recent publication in collaboration with the Royal College of Surgeons, of their free information booklet, The Treatment of Prostate Cancer - Questions and Answers; notes that every year in the United Kingdom 15,000 men are told they have prostate cancer and that many of these find there is little information available to help them make decisions on treatment; and welcomes this booklet as progress towards helping sufferers make informed choices.

Signatures by party: Labour 51, Liberal Democrat 13, Conservative 6, Labour/Co-operative 3, UUP 3.