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A CAMPAIGN has been launched to make a controversial new breast cancer treatment available on the Scottish NHS.
The fight over the drug, called Kadcyla, is being regarded as a test case after an overhaul of the system for ensuring patients can access the best new medicines in Scotland.
Nice, the decision-making body in England, has already indicated it wants to reject the treatment for health service use on the grounds of its cost.
However the charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer is calling for it to be given the green light north of the Border.
It is backed by Dr Iain MacPherson, an oncologist at the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, who has been involved in trials of the drug.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/...-women-to-get-new-breast-cancer-drug.24368850
The fight over the drug, called Kadcyla, is being regarded as a test case after an overhaul of the system for ensuring patients can access the best new medicines in Scotland.
Nice, the decision-making body in England, has already indicated it wants to reject the treatment for health service use on the grounds of its cost.
However the charity Breakthrough Breast Cancer is calling for it to be given the green light north of the Border.
It is backed by Dr Iain MacPherson, an oncologist at the Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, who has been involved in trials of the drug.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/...-women-to-get-new-breast-cancer-drug.24368850