Nadia Sawalha revealed that Enhertu has the potential of giving her close friend Hannah Gardner, who has terminal breast cancer, another six months of life. The cost the NHS was being asked to pay for this 'game changeing' drug was 'too high'.
Breast Cancer Now is continuing to campaign on behalf of women living with HER2-low secondary breast cancer for access to Enhertu. You can sign their Nadia Sawalha went topless outside Parliament on Wednesday as she made a bold statement for breast cancer.
The Loose Women panelist joined a group of 31 women, all of whom have been affected by the disease, to campaign for a 'game-changing' new drug In March, Nadia broke down in tears as she told MailOnline about her 'powerhouse' pal Hannah Gardner - who has stage four incurable breast cancer, which has now spread to her liver.
In an exclusive interview, Nadia told MailOnline: 'We've got this young woman, with a young autistic child, with secondary breast cancer in her liver, in her lung, and she's also supposed to be basically begging for this drug. And it just seems brutal.' Nadia gushed: 'She's a powerhouse and I do worry about that because she needs to also be looking after herself, but we've got her, you know, me and our group of friends are very engaged and there for in every way.
Hannah, a former clinical trial manage, issued a devastating health update on Wednesday, explaining that the tumours in her liver are growing. In an exclusive interview, Nadia told MailOnline: 'She's a powerhouse and I do worry about that because she needs to also be looking after herself, but we've got her, you know, me and our group of friends are very engaged and there for in every way.'
Enhertu is the first licensed targeted treatment for patients with HER2-low breast cancer, that cannot be removed surgically or has spread to other parts of the body, also known as metastatic breast cancer. She explained: 'We want that drug available to them. It's a great drug that targets the tumour and doesn't blast the whole body, you know, we need it.
Speaking on how the drug could give Hannah six more months of life, Nadia said: 'For Hannah, she wants to hear her child say just even one word with her being autistic, so that she knows she's gonna be all right.
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