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Twenty-five different cancer treatments will no longer be funded by the NHS in England, health chiefs have announced.
NHS England announced the step after it emerged the £280m Cancer Drugs Fund - for drugs not routinely available - was to go £100m over budget in 2014/15.
Some drugs will be removed and others restricted - a move charities say could leave some without crucial treatments.
But a Department of Health spokesman said it will allow "new and better drugs" to be offered to patients.
Cancer patients currently receiving the treatments will still be allowed to continue using them.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30787132
NHS England announced the step after it emerged the £280m Cancer Drugs Fund - for drugs not routinely available - was to go £100m over budget in 2014/15.
Some drugs will be removed and others restricted - a move charities say could leave some without crucial treatments.
But a Department of Health spokesman said it will allow "new and better drugs" to be offered to patients.
Cancer patients currently receiving the treatments will still be allowed to continue using them.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30787132