OVARIAN CANCER SURVIVAL RATES

Early day motion 1559, tabled 9 March 2011 by Linda Riordan (Labour). Signed by 26 members.

That this House welcomes the news that ovarian cancer survival has doubled over the last 30 years; notes that the five-year survival for women with early stages of the disease has increased from 21 per cent. in the early 1970s to 41 per cent. today; recognises that these figures mean over 1,000 more women a year in England and Wales are now surviving this cancer for at least five years; praises the work of people in the health service who have helped bring about these improved figures; further recognises there is still a lot of work to do to tackle issues like late diagnosis; welcomes the fact that Cancer Research UK is helping to fund a trial of ovarian cancer screening; further praises the work of Cancer Research UK in their commitment to finding new ways to treat and detect the disease; calls for more investment to help treat and detect the disease; and further calls on a nationwide screening programme to be introduced as soon as possible to help spot potential tumours much earlier.

Signatures by party: Labour 16, Liberal Democrat 5, DUP 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Alliance 1.