<p>Questions Without Notice from the Party Leaders</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:46 pm on 31 January 2017.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 1:46, 31 January 2017

I declare an interest here. As Members will know, and as is registered in the register of interests, my wife is employed by Macmillan. What is clear over the next 10 years is that there are two developments that people will find if they are diagnosed with cancer. Firstly, more and more people are ‘living with cancer’—that’s the phrase that is used—cancers that perhaps cannot be cured in the conventional sense of five years’ remission, but that actually allow people to live a normal life and don’t necessarily shorten their lives as a result, with the right level of treatment. Secondly, huge progress is being made—and we are fortunate to have the centre for cancer genetics in Cardiff—in developing treatments that are tailored to the genetic needs of the individual. Cancer treatment has been, for many, many years, a rather blunt instrument. The same kinds of treatments were applied to people over the years. It was more like trial and error. We are at the forefront of the development of cancer genetics and treatment in Wales and I want to make sure that more and more people have the opportunity to be rid of cancer in the course of their lives, but also are able to live with cancer because they have the support, both pharmaceutical and moral, in order to do that.