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Written question asked by Ian Gibson (Labour) on Tuesday, 31 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 April 2009. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Tuesday, 21 April 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Cancer: Drugs

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence will produce its guidance on the use of (a) bevacizumab, (b) sorafenib, (c) sunitinib (second-line) and (d) temsirolimus for the treatment of advanced and metastatic renal cell carcinoma in the NHS.
Answer

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence currently expects to issue final guidance to the national health service on bevacizumab, sorafenib and temsirolimus for the first line treatment and sorafenib and sunitinib for the second-line treatment of advanced and/or metastatic renal cell carcinoma in June 2009.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
491 c574W; 268705
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Health services Drugs Kidney cancer
Link
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