A woman is to sell her £210,000 home to pay for cancer drugs. Barbara Clark was diagnosed with breast cancer four months ago and believes a course of Herceptin will greatly improve her chances of survival. But doctors say that because her illness is not terminal, the drug will not be prescribed for free on the NHS. The government’s cancer czar, Professor Mike Richards, says everything possible is being done to try to speed up treatment with the drug. Herceptin is available for certain patients whose cancer is more advanced that Ms Clark’s, and available privately.
