Cancer patient: 'How can they put a price on my life?'

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Channel: BBC Sounds · 2014 · News & Politics

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The NHS drugs watchdog in England has rejected a treatment that can extend the lives of some women with an advanced form of breast cancer because it's too expensive. 

The high price of Kadcyla makes it "impossible" to recommend for widespread use in the health service, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. 

Hayley Kalininis, 33, was diagnosed with breast cancer three years ago and been on Kadcyla for eighteen weeks. 

This clip is originally from Breakfast 8th August 2014.

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