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The Northern Echo highlights the plight of cancer patients across the North-East and North Yorkshire who have the tantalising prospect of a revolutionary new drug dangled before them - only to have their hopes dashed when they are told it is not cost-effective enough to be prescribed on the NHS.
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Cancer sufferer is denied operation in France by NHS
10:31am Tuesday 5th January 2010
A FORMER nurse battling a rare cancer says she feels let down by the NHS after she was denied funding for a potentially lifeextending operation in France.
Cancer sufferers first to try drug
11:18am Wednesday 21st October 2009
NORTH-EAST patients with certain types of blood cancer will be among the first in the country to benefit from a new drug after NHS officials agreed to provide funding.
Echo challenges Nice: ‘Show the dying more compassion’
8:32am Thursday 17th September 2009
THE Northern Echo has challenged the national drugs watchdog to show more compassion to dying cancer patients.
Nice under fire for decision not to fund liver cancer drug
11:04am Wednesday 9th September 2009
A NORTH-EAST liver cancer specialist says she is very disappointed that desperately-ill patients will not benefit from a new life-extending drug which is widely available across Europe.
Patients’ fury at ‘offensive’ drug remarks
8:56am Monday 15th June 2009
CANCER patients have hit back at comments made by a senior health official who compared getting life-saving drugs to buying an expensive car.
Cancer patient foots bill for drugs
8:13am Tuesday 2nd June 2009
THE husband of a cancer patient who is paying £1,100 a week to keep his wife alive has criticised the NHS for failing to fund the drug which is shrinking her tumours and prolonging her life.
Criticism over NHS cancer drug rule
7:54am Monday 18th May 2009
KIDNEY cancer patients are being offered new hope thanks to a drug recently made available on the NHS, but liver cancer patients could be denied the same right.
49 patients given new cancer drug
8:21am Monday 23rd February 2009
A DECISION to allow North-East cancer specialists to prescribe a new drug has so far helped 49 patients, it was revealed last night.
Progress – at a push
11:40am Monday 9th February 2009
RIGHTING wrongs has been part of the The Northern Echo’s ethos since it was founded. And, in that respect, last week was quite satisfying.
Patients win cancer drug plea
9:37am Monday 9th February 2009
A CANCER charity has reassured patients that most people who need an expensive new drug on the NHS will get it after all.
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