"Death sentence" given to kidney cancer patients
Kidney cancer patients are almost given a "death sentence" due to being refused 'vital life-saving drugs' from Scottish health service providers. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has told providers not to provide the necessary drug Sutent.
Kidney cancer patients are almost given a "death sentence" due to being refused 'vital life-saving drugs' from Scottish health service providers. The Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) has told providers not to provide the necessary drug Sutent, much to the displeasure of doctors and patients alike. The drugs prove not to be cost-effective, therefore patients cannot receive them.
For the severe sufferers of kidney cancer the drug is their only hope, many will die from the disease if providers continue not to provide the drug, which will have devastating consequences. There are no alternative treatments available for this illness.
This has angered organisations such as the James Whale Fund for Kidney Cancer. James Whale quoted "This decision not to fund Sutent in Scotland will affect the 6,600 kidney cancer patients north and south of the border." Of the 6,600 sufferers, he believes that around "660" sufferers will die without Sutent. In the rest of the UK Sutent is used as treatment for this advanced kidney cancer.
For the severe sufferers of kidney cancer the drug is their only hope, many will die from the disease if providers continue not to provide the drug, which will have devastating consequences. There are no alternative treatments available for this illness.
This has angered organisations such as the James Whale Fund for Kidney Cancer. James Whale quoted "This decision not to fund Sutent in Scotland will affect the 6,600 kidney cancer patients north and south of the border." Of the 6,600 sufferers, he believes that around "660" sufferers will die without Sutent. In the rest of the UK Sutent is used as treatment for this advanced kidney cancer.