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Prostate drug, abiraterone, to be offered to thousands in England
Giles Turner Giles Turner paid privately to access abiraterone and was part of the campaign to get it approved in England A life-extending prostate cancer drug is to be made available to thousands of men in England in a matter of weeks, after a campaign by a patient and a charity. Abiraterone has been provided…
