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Cancer victim DJ told surgeons: 'If my kidney is too far gone don't wake me up!' >>
19 November 2007


Appeal to Blair over £14,000 cancer drug >>
16 November 2007


James Whale calls for early diagnosis and more research >>
16 November 2007


Campaigning Group >>
1 October 2007


James Whale Fund launched >>
27 September 2007


Cancer kidney drug gets green light after hitch >>
31 July 2007


Cancer kidney drug gets green light after hitch >>
31 July 2007


Kidney cancer drug decision hailed as 'major breakthrough' >>
27 July 2007


Kidney cancer drug ruling condemned >>
10 July 2007


Cancer drug rejected for NHS use >>
9 July 2007


James Whale Fund petitions SMC >>
7 May 2007


Doctors froze my kidney to save my life >>
24 April 2007


Trust backs down on Sutent prescription >>
18 April 2007


Sutent achieves first line EAU approval for kidney cancer >>
22 March 2007


James Whale appears on BBC Radio 2 >>
19 March 2007


The cost of staying alive >>
6 March 2007


'Life-saving' kidney cancer drug rejected over high costs >>
25 February 2007


Kidney cancer victims denied 'wonder drugs' >>
25 February 2007


Letter to Rt Hon Patricia Hewitt, MP Secretary of State for Health >>
8 February 2007


Funding can depend on where you live >>
5 February 2007


Sutent (sunitinib malate) launched for treatment of advanced kidney cancer >>
22 January 2007


Sutent launch >>
22 January 2007


Bayer's announcement on sorafenib >>
11 January 2007


James Whale Fund petitions SMC
The James Whale Fund petitioned SMC on behalf of patients for a better use of Sunitinib (Sutent)

The petition can be download as a PDF (see right)

The SMC responded as follows. Its final advice referred to in the letter from Robert Sanders can be downloaded as a PDF
(see right).
Dear Stephen, 

Thank you for your recent Patient Interest Group submission to the Scottish Medicines Consortium regarding sunitinib (Sutent). Please find attached the final advice.

Many thanks for your continued interest in SMC and its submission process.

Best wishes,
Robert

Robert Sanders
SMC Administrator
Scottish Medicines Consortium
NHS Quality Improvement Scotland
Delta House
50 West Nile Street
Glasgow G1 2NP