You Can't Put a Price On Living Your Life ; Cancaer Research Uk When Sharon Moore Was Diagnosed with Breast Cancer She Never Thought She Would Have to Fight for Her Right to Life-Saving Treatment. As Part of the Birmingham Post's Cancer 2020 Campaign, She Tells Health Reporter Emma Brady Why a Cancer Plan Must Be Drawn Up

Birmingham Post › September 05, 2006

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"Imagine being told you've got breast cancer, that it's aggressive, and the doctor tells you about this fantastic new drug - but then says you can't have it."

From the moment Sharon Moore was diagnosed with HER2 positive breast cancer in December 2002, she knew she had a fight on her hands.

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You Can't Put a Price On Living Your Life ; Cancaer Research Uk When Sharon Moore Was Diagnosed with Breast Cancer She Never Thought She Would Have to Fight for Her Right to Life-Saving Treatment. As Part of the Birmingham Post's Cancer 2020 Campaign, She Tells Health Reporter Emma Brady Why a Cancer Plan Must Be Drawn Up

But the mother-of-two did not realise that would include taking on "the system".

By May, after a full mastectomy and course of chemotherapy, the mum-of-two, from Much Wenlock, Shropshire, was desperately trying to get the "wonder-drug" Herceptin.

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