Early day motion · EDM 1558 · 1 Jun 2009
CANCER TREATMENT
Tabled by Mr Ronnie Campbell (Labour)
27 signatures
The motion
That this House is concerned that the postcode lottery on cancer treatments is raising its ugly head again; notes that patients who are suffering from cancer and in need of the drug cetuximab, which has been proven to reduce tumours, are being refused because of that lottery; further notes that a constituent of the hon. Member for Blyth Valley, Mrs Mary Brewis, who is 53 years of age, has been informed by the local primary care trust that she cannot have the drug funded, effectively meaning she now awaits an early death sentence; and calls on the Government to fund all cancer treatments, no matter what the cost, to give cancer patients hope.
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