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Thousands of men with prostate cancer could be denied life-extending treatment following a U-turn by the NHS rationing body.
On Monday night charities accused the the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) of ?playing fast and loose? with the lives of those in the advanced stages of disease - dashing the hopes of thousands of men for whom it offered a last chance.
Trials found that the drug enzalutamide (Xtandi) on average gave patients with advanced disease an extra five months? survival.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...over-NHS-U-turn-on-prostate-cancer-drugs.html
On Monday night charities accused the the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) of ?playing fast and loose? with the lives of those in the advanced stages of disease - dashing the hopes of thousands of men for whom it offered a last chance.
Trials found that the drug enzalutamide (Xtandi) on average gave patients with advanced disease an extra five months? survival.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...over-NHS-U-turn-on-prostate-cancer-drugs.html