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	registered interest
	date	11/05/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Glioblastoma: Mobile Phones
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of whether there is a link between mobile phone usage and the increase in number of cases of glioblastoma multiforme tumours since 1995.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	143214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The changing incidence of cancer is caused primarily by changes in the age of the population. This can be accounted for using an age-standardised rate. Between 2006 and 2015, the age-standardised rate for brain tumours increased from 8.7 per 100,000 to 9.1 per 100,000. However, with a relatively low number of cases it is difficult to be certain that this increase is statistically significant.</p><p> </p><p>Cancer Research UK says that, so far, the scientific evidence shows it is unlikely that mobile phones could increase the risk of brain tumours, or any other type of cancer.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 143213 question first answered 16/05/2018 11:27:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

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	registered interest
	date	11/05/2018
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Glioblastoma
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the causes of changes in the number of cases of (a) brain and (b) glioblastoma multiforme tumours since 1995.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
	tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
	uin	143213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2018 answer text <p>The changing incidence of cancer is caused primarily by changes in the age of the population. This can be accounted for using an age-standardised rate. Between 2006 and 2015, the age-standardised rate for brain tumours increased from 8.7 per 100,000 to 9.1 per 100,000. However, with a relatively low number of cases it is difficult to be certain that this increase is statistically significant.</p><p> </p><p>Cancer Research UK says that, so far, the scientific evidence shows it is unlikely that mobile phones could increase the risk of brain tumours, or any other type of cancer.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 143214 question first answered 16/05/2018 11:27:00 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena