Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:06 pm on 15 November 2016.
I can say to the Member that we are currently funding research trials for pancreatic cancer through Health and Care Research Wales. That’s in collaboration with Cancer Research UK. Researchers in Wales are also part of the European study group for pancreatic cancer trials. That includes population-based studies of genetic predispositions to pancreatic cancer. So, yes, some work is already being funded by ourselves as a Government. She’s right to point out that survival rates have not budged in a long time, so, finding ways where early diagnosis can be improved will be absolutely crucial to increasing five-year survival rates in the future.