article_snippet: The Cancer Drugs Fund for England include Jevtana, used in prostate cancer, along with Zaltrap, Avastin and Erbitux for bowel cancer.
article_snippet: Following appeals, four drugs will be reconsidered and remain available in the meantime.
article_snippet: As a doctor who treats men with advanced prostate cancer, I am deeply saddened and my patients will be devastated.
article_snippet: There should be no difference in the access to treatment between a patient diagnosed a couple of weeks ago and one diagnosed tomorrow.
article_snippet: Dr Rob Glynne-Jones, chief medical advisor of Bowel Cancer UK, said Zaltrap was an effective anticancer drug, which can improve the chances of long-term survival.
article_snippet: For many men – Zaltrap included – cabazitaxel was going to be the next treatment option.
article_snippet: In fact, the last treatment option we had left.
article_snippet: At the moment I’m well, but in a few months’ time I might not be; for the first time in my entire cancer journey