‘These patients do not have time’: families in UK demand access to new drug that slows brain tumours
by Jon Ungoed-Thomas from Science | The Guardian on (#6ETMB)
Vorasidenib worked in trials but is not yet available on the NHS
On 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."
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