Lawrence Cowan: Scots women with breast cancer need Perjeta
'If I lived in Newcastle then I could be given over a year and a half of precious extra time to live with my husband and my beautiful young children. All I want is more time to live.'
This is the impossible reality for many patients living with incurable breast cancer in Scotland who still cannot routinely access life-changing drug Perjeta – words that should ring in the ears of everyone with the power to end this injustice.
Women with incurable HER 2-positive secondary breast cancer want more time to live. Perjeta is a drug that gives women an average of nearly 16 months extra life compared to the alternative treatment option.
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