Proposals to encourage life-saving rare cancers research backed by Government

The Bill would set up a disease registry with details about rare cancers (PA) - (PA Archive)

Plans to encourage life-saving rare cancers research and “gift families with more time with the special people that they love” have been backed by the Government.

Labour MP Scott Arthur’s Rare Cancers Bill, which passed its second reading on Friday, proposes to create a database to improve access to clinical trials.