‘These patients do not have time’: families in UK demand access to new drug that slows brain tumours

Vorasidenib worked in trials but is not yet available on the NHSOn a fine spring day two years ago, Shay Emerton was in good spirits playing for an old pupils ’ school football team. There was just 10 minutes of the game to play, when his life changed for ever.Emerton, 26, said: “The goalie kicked to clear the ball and it hit me on the side of the head. I went dizzy and as I went to run off, my legs buckled beneath me. I thought, ‘I am in trouble here’ and then blacked out.”Continue reading...
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