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Friday, 15 August 2014

Prostate drug ruling 'a fiasco'

Prostate drug ruling 'a fiasco' Patients say a decision by the NHS in England to reject a treatment for men with prostate cancer is a "fiasco". BBC News

See also:
  • Appraisal of earlier treatment with abiraterone for prostate cancer NICE
  • Prostate cancer (metastatic, hormone relapsed, not treated with chemotherapy) - abiraterone acetate (with prednisolone) draft guidance NICE
  • Prostate cancer drug abiraterone ruled too expensive to use pre-chemotherapy on NHS The Independent
  • Prostate cancer patients 'unjustly' denied drug The Daily Telegraph
  • Rationing watchdog denies prostate drug that can extend life for men by four months Daily Mail
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