'Rich Friends' Pay for Drug After Refusal by Nhs

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Showbiz friends of music mogul Anthony Wilson are helping to pay for his kidney cancer treatment after the NHS refused to fund it. Wilson, 56, who managed Manchester bands Joy Division, New Order and Happy Mondays, underwent emergency surgery in January to remove a kidney.

Following a course of chemotherapy which failed, doctors at Manchester's Christie Hospital advised him to use the drug Sutent which has not yet been approved for the NHS.

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'Rich Friends' Pay for Drug After Refusal by Nhs

It has not been recommended by the NHS treatments watchdog, the National Institute for health and...

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