Patient Dies After Cancer Drug Fight ; 'Caring' Gran Spent Pounds 27,000 On Her Treatment
Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › June 10, 2010
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A GRANDMOTHER who was denied a cancer drug on the NHS has died.
Pam Davenport, aged 67, of Kents Drive, Endon, used her own savings to pay for injections with Avastin after she was told the treatment would not be funded by NHS Stoke-on-Trent.See the full content of this document
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Patient Dies After Cancer Drug Fight ; 'Caring' Gran Spent Pounds 27,000 On Her Treatment
The retired secretary spent about Pounds 27,000 on the treatment.
The drug manufacturer, Roche, later agreed to pay for the injec...See the full content of this document
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