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Lord Freyberg to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the economic importance of clinical trial recruitment, especially in cancer research, to the UK economy, and (2) the importance of timely molecular testing in modern cancer trial recruitment; and whether, as a result of any such assessment, NHS England will consider implementing national somatic gene testing in cancers with low survival rates to catalyse research.  HL11501

Question HL11501: tabled on 14 November 2018 and due for answer by 28 November 2018

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Lord Freyberg to ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the economic importance of clinical trial recruitment, especially in cancer research, to the UK economy, and (2) the importance of timely molecular testing in modern cancer trial recruitment; and whether, as a result of any such assessment, NHS England will consider implementing national somatic gene testing in cancers with low survival rates to catalyse research.  HL11501
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