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A Surrey cancer patient has begun treatment that was refused to her after an unnamed charity provided £80,000.
NHS England refused Alice Dann the drug ipilimumab because it said there was not enough evidence it would work.
More than 156,000 people signed an online petition calling for the decision to be changed.
Ms Dann's oncologist, Professor Michael Seckl, said there was a good chance the treatment could help. NHS England said it had to make difficult decisions.
The charity has asked to remain anonymous.
Ms Dann, a 47-year-old maths teacher from Frimley Green, has a rare pregnancy-related cancer - gestational trophoblastic disease.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-29920751
NHS England refused Alice Dann the drug ipilimumab because it said there was not enough evidence it would work.
More than 156,000 people signed an online petition calling for the decision to be changed.
Ms Dann's oncologist, Professor Michael Seckl, said there was a good chance the treatment could help. NHS England said it had to make difficult decisions.
The charity has asked to remain anonymous.
Ms Dann, a 47-year-old maths teacher from Frimley Green, has a rare pregnancy-related cancer - gestational trophoblastic disease.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-29920751