Health bosses have blocked new cancer drug which could give my friend months more with baby daughter, says Nadia Sawalha
NADIA Sawalha has bravely stipped off in front of Westminster in a desperate plea to get a cancer drug approved by the NHS, warning “time is running out”.In March it was announced that the treatment was blocked for widespread NHS use in England and Wales after the drug wasBreast Cancer Now says women have died waiting for the drug after the election stalled any progress that had been made by campaigners.
It ramped up in March when it confirmed a price deal could not be made with drug companes Daiichi Sankyo and AstraZeneca. All the women in the trial had a form of cancer called HR-positive, Her2-low that had spread and not responded to hormone therapy. Artist Sophie - renowned for her nude portraits and who recently sold out the London Palladium - painted a range of powerful messages on the women’s chests including 'We could be your sister', 'Our lives count', 'Help us to live' and asking 'Now do you see us?'.“If this is what it takes to turn heads back in our direction and put Enhertu back on the agenda, so be it. We have been ignored for too long.
Two years later, in June 2022, Hannah was given the news that she had stage 4 incurable breast cancer, specifically HER2-low breast cancer.
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