Patients in Gloucestershire Feel Strain of Postcode Lottery On Drugs

The Citizen Gloucestershire › August 13, 2008

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Summary

Cancer patients in Gloucestershire are feeling the strain of a nationwide 'postcode lottery'.

Figures show that some patients in the county are being denied treatment by Gloucestershire Primary Care Trust, while in other areas patients are being accepted.

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Patients in Gloucestershire Feel Strain of Postcode Lottery On Drugs

During the past two years the most popular drugs - sutent (kidney cancer), tarceva (lung), erbitux (colorectal), nexavar (...

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