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Breast cancer patient in Wales denied life-extending drug Enhertu

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Rachel Davies , 40 , from Swansea , was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer in 2021 .

She has been denied a life-extending drug because she lives in Wales .

The drug, called Enhertu, can give patients with incurable breast cancer an extra six months to live.

It is available in Scotland , as well as 19 other countries in Europe , but not in Wales , England or Northern Ireland .

NICE said it was too expensive for the NHS to pay for the drug because it is too expensive.

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