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Enlarge Fresh hope: Jean Murphy, 62, will have her case reviewed after being denied drugs to help her cancer condition A grandmother denied life-prolonging cancer drugs has been given fresh hope by a judge who ordered her case to be reviewed. Jean Murphy, 62, was diagnosed with kidney cancer last year and her consultant recommended a course of Sunitinib to extend her life by around six months. But she became a 'postcode lottery' victim when her NHS Primary Care Trust refused to prescribe her the £3,500-a-month drug, although it is routinely given to patients by neighbouring trusts. Salford PCT distributes the drug only in 'exceptional cases' and ruled that Mrs Murphy, who is wheelchair-bound and in constant pain, did not meet its guidelines. However, at an emergency hearing at the High Court in London yesterday, a judge... [read full story]
