Watchdog Refuses Two Drugs to Treat Cancer

Western MailMarch 11, 2011

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TWO drugs to treat bladder and lung cancer should not be approved for use on the NHS, a health watchdog has said.

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) is not recommending Tarceva (erlotinib) as a maintenance treatment for people with non-smallcell lung cancer that is stable following chemotherapy.

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Watchdog Refuses Two Drugs to Treat Cancer

It also turned down Javlor (vinflunine) for advanced bladder cancer. Both pieces of guidance ar...

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