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CML Patient Groups call for improved access to cancer treatment

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Submitted by sandy craine on Mon, 18/08/2008 - 1:07pm
Press Release: Leukemia Patient Groups call for improved access to cancer treatment Baveno (Italy) 18 August 2008 · More than 50 organisations supporting patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia have signed the "Baveno CML Declaration" to call for improved access to cancer treatment and better adherence to international treatment guidelines.

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Leukemia Patient Groups call for improved access to cancer treatment

Baveno (Italy) 18 August 2008 · More than 50 organisations supporting patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia have signed the "Baveno CML Declaration" to call for improved access to cancer treatment and better adherence to international treatment guidelines.

A postcode lottery in cancer care-

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Submitted by sandy craine on Mon, 11/08/2008 - 12:38pm
John Carvel, social affairs editor The Guardian, 11/08/08 A postcode lottery in cancer care was revealed yesterday in returns under the Freedom of Information Act showing where in England patients are most likely to be refused innovative drugs that could extend their lives.

John Carvel,
social affairs editor The Guardian, 11/08/08

A postcode lottery in cancer care was revealed yesterday in returns under the Freedom of Information Act showing where in England patients are most likely to be refused innovative drugs that could extend their lives.

Read the Report on the second Parliamentary Summit on Rare Cancers

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Submitted by sandy craine on Fri, 01/08/2008 - 3:00pm
Hosted by Dr Ian Gibson MP and the Rarer Cancers Forum Friday, July 25, 2008 Report on the Parliamentary Summit now available on the Rarer Cancer Forum website ....here

Hosted by Dr Ian Gibson MP and the Rarer Cancers Forum
Friday, July 25, 2008

Report on the Parliamentary Summit now available on the Rarer Cancer Forum website

....here

Applying for NHS Exceptional Funding for Treatment -

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Submitted by sandy craine on Fri, 01/08/2008 - 2:14pm
YOUR PATIENT'S RIGHT TO TREATMENT, written by Peter Telford Your Patient's Right to Treatment: Applying for NHS Exceptional Funding for Treatment This 32-page booklet was written by a barrister, Peter Telford. It was launched at

YOUR PATIENT'S RIGHT TO TREATMENT,
written by Peter Telford

Your Patient's Right to Treatment: Applying for NHS Exceptional Funding for Treatment
This 32-page booklet was written by a barrister, Peter Telford. It was launched at

Bone Marrow Donation Education Programme- Adrian's Petition

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Submitted by sandy craine on Mon, 26/05/2008 - 12:26pm
PETITION FOR BETTER AWARENESS ABOUT BONE MARROW DONATION ADRIAN Sudbury is a 26-year-old journalist who has battled two forms of leukaemia for the past 18 months. His treatment included a bone marrow transplant. Sadly for him, it failed and he has been given weeks to live. There are 7,000 people out there waiting for a transplant right now. Adrian is using his final weeks to raise awareness of the need for more people to register as bone marrow donors. He wants better education in schools, colleges and other education institutions about how to become a donor and why it is important. This system is in place in Germany – a country with one of the fullest donor registers. Adrian wants the Government to require educational institutions to commit to including these issues in either the curriculum or pastoral care programme. If you agree, please sign your name and help support a brave man in his campaign.

PETITION FOR BETTER AWARENESS ABOUT BONE MARROW DONATION

ADRIAN Sudbury is a 26-year-old journalist who has battled two forms of leukaemia for the past 18 months. His treatment included a bone marrow transplant. Sadly for him, it failed and he has been given weeks to live. There are 7,000 people out there waiting for a transplant right now. Adrian is using his final weeks to raise awareness of the need for more people to register as bone marrow donors. He wants better education in schools, colleges and other education institutions about how to become a donor and why it is important. This system is in place in Germany – a country with one of the fullest donor registers. Adrian wants the Government to require educational institutions to commit to including these issues in either the curriculum or pastoral care programme. If you agree, please sign your name and help support a brave man in his campaign.

NHS spends almost 50% less on cancer drugs as some other EU countries

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Submitted by sandy craine on Fri, 23/05/2008 - 2:08pm
Britain's health service is spending half as much on cancer drugs as some other European countries April 2008 Speaking at the European Breast Cancer Conference in Berlin, Professor Mike Richards, the national cancer director, said that the Health Service is spending around half as much per head on cancer drugs as some other European countries. Figures showed Britain spent £76 per head in a year compared with £143 in Germany and £121 in France.

Britain's health service is spending half as much on cancer drugs as some other European countries

April 2008
Speaking at the European Breast Cancer Conference in Berlin, Professor Mike Richards, the national cancer director, said that the Health Service is spending around half as much per head on cancer drugs as some other European countries. Figures showed Britain spent £76 per head in a year compared with £143 in Germany and £121 in France.

CML Therapy: Making History, Making Progress. LLS interviews Brian J. Druker MD. March 2008

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Submitted by sandy craine on Mon, 19/05/2008 - 12:31pm
Brian Druker's original research into developing a way of blocking the protein (BCR/ABL) that drives CML, culminated in the development of a Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor... namely Glivec/imatinib.

Brian Druker's original research into developing a way of blocking the protein (BCR/ABL) that drives CML, culminated in the development of a Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor... namely Glivec/imatinib.

New Techniques Enabling a Greater Understanding of the Science and Biology of Leukemia: Interview With Dr. Brian Druker

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Submitted by sandy craine on Sun, 27/04/2008 - 7:12pm
Medscape Hematology-Oncology More: American Society of Hematology (ASH) 49th Annual Meeting and Exposition New Techniques Enabling a Greater Understanding of the Science and Biology of Leukemia: An Expert Interview With Dr. Brian Druker

Medscape Hematology-Oncology
More: American Society of Hematology (ASH) 49th Annual Meeting and Exposition
New Techniques Enabling a Greater Understanding of the Science and Biology of Leukemia:
An Expert Interview With Dr. Brian Druker

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