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Court: British NHS Wrong in Cancer Case

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From: AP Online
Date: 20060413
Author:ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer

ROBERT BARR, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
04-13-2006
Dateline: LONDON
Britain's health service broke the law when it refused to pay for a woman's breast cancer treatment with a potentially life saving drug, an appeals court ruled Wednesday.

Herceptin is not licensed for treating early stage breast cancer in England and Wales and is only authorized for use on patients in advanced stages of cancer.

The case began when a local branch of the National Health Service denied Ann Marie Rogers, 54, the drug, saying her circumstances were not so exceptional she should be offered the drug in ...

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