Life-saving drug for brain cancer will soon be available for children on NHS

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Children with a specific kind of brain tumour could soon have access to a life-saving drug that's been approved by the NHS.

It combines two drugs to significantly slow progression of the disease - and patients now won't have to endure intense rounds of chemotherapy.

Sky's correspondent Sabah Choudhry spoke to a family whose life could have looked very different with access to the treatment.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/take-at-home-brain-cancer-treatment-for-children-will-soon-be-available-on-nhs-13121594

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