Kidney Patients 'Face Death with Ban of Too Costly Drug' ; Medics Outraged As Cancer Treatment Rationing Puts Us 'Back in Dark Ages'
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THOUSANDS of kidney cancer patients are facing a 'death sentence' under plans to ban the first life-extending drugs for 20 years.
Drugs that can double the life expectancy of patients, giving them extra months or even years, have been rejected by the Government's 'rationing' body because they cost too much.See the full content of this document
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Kidney Patients 'Face Death with Ban of Too Costly Drug' ; Medics Outraged As Cancer Treatment Rationing Puts Us 'Back in Dark Ages'
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) admits the drugs work but claims if they are approved, other patients will have to go without.
However, campaigners claim...See the full content of this document
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