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News items on 'Kidney Cancer'
Kidney cancer patients denied new drugs
(The Scotsman 26/08/2009)
PATIENTS with kidney cancer will continue to be denied access to new drugs following guidance from health watchdogs. NICE rejected appeals over the use of bevacizumab (whose trade name is Avastin), sorafenib (Nexavar) and temsirolimus (Torisel) as first treatment options for advanced kidney cancer or cancer that has spread around the body. NICE also turned down the use of sorafenib and sunitinib (marketed as Sutent) as secondary treatment options for people with either form of the disease.
NHS campaign 'helped others'
(BBC 21/05/2009)
A Salford woman who fought a legal battle with NHS bosses to pay for a kidney cancer drug helped extend the lives of others, her doctor has said. Jean Murphy, who has died aged 63, took Salford Primary Care Trust to the High Court over refusal to pay for Sutent. Her campaign helped force the NHS drugs watchdog to approve its wider use in England, said Dr Robert Hawkins. Mrs Murphy's daughter, Cathy Ostasz, 37, said Sutent had, until her death, given her "a new lease of life".
Medics baffled as woman's killer cancer disappears
(The Independent 22/04/2009)
A Northern Ireland woman who was diagnosed with terminal cancer before the tumour miraculously disappeared may have been saved by her own immune system. Sharyn Mackay, from Newcastle, Co Down, was the kidney cancer was inoperable and chemotherapy, even if it worked, would only add a few weeks to her life. The mother was left stunned, however, when further scans to see how the cancer was progressing showed that it had inexplicably disappeared.
NHS kidney cancer patients denied life-saving drug because it's 'too expensive'
(Daily Mail 05/02/2009)
Even though the Government's rationing body, NICE, reversed a ban on it earlier this week, kidney cancer patients may still be denied the expensive drug Sutent. It will allow Sutent only as a firstline treatment, which excludes patients who have had any other treatment so far. Estimates of how many will be ruled out by the restriction range from 25 to 60% of sufferers.
Kidney cancer drug gets go-ahead
(BBC 03/02/2009)
The NHS drugs watchdog NICE has in principle approved a kidney cancer drug which can increase survival by a year. Sunitinib is one of the first drugs to be approved under new guidance urging a more liberal approach to treatments which only marginally extend life. NICE's chief executive Andrew Dhillon said it had listened to the public.
Wales kidney cancer drug hope
(BBC 22/01/2009)
The Welsh health minister has announced kidney cancer patients in Wales will be able receive four life-prolonging drugs on the NHS. Edwina Hart has told all 22 Welsh local health boards to fund the drugs, although they have not yet been approved for use here or in England. It is thought prescribing the drugs Sutent, Nexavar, Avastin and Torisel will cost £600 a week per patient.
'Inconsistency' over cancer drug
(BBC 23/12/2008)
A study by the medical director of NHS Wales found some areas approved all applications for the kidney cancer drug Sutent, while some nearly always declined them. Health Minister Edwina Hart has ordered a clinical audit of each case to ensure consistent criteria were applied. Out of 73 requests for the drug, 48 patients had it rejected.
Anonymous samaritan shames the NHS into helping cancer victim with '£10,000 donation
(Daily Mail 23/10/2008)
Mrs Murphy, 62, was given £10,000 by an anonymous donor to pay for her kidney cancer drug privately. Now, 2 months after starting treatment with Sunitinib, Mrs Murphy's tumours have shrunk by 75%. Such is the improvement, the PCT has reconsidered and offered to pay for the rest of her treatment. Mrs Murphy has criticised the U-turn saying it proves that the Trust's initial decision was wrong.
Freeze therapy
(BBC 22/10/2008)
Kidney cancer patients are being offered new hope of a cure with a treatment that kills tumours by freezing them. Radical cryotherapy, as its known, is far less invasive than traditional methods like surgery and should reduce the need for transplants. Peter Phelps from Trowbridge is about to have an operation that he hopes will save his life.
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