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[poliphilo]

Since I wrote the last post, David Cameron (the leader of the British Conservative Party) has had to undertake a damage limitation exercise after a Conservative MEP (Member of the European Parliament) went on American TV to rubbish the
National Health Service.

Over here, you see, even Conservatives (which roughly- very roughly- translates as Republicans) think socialized medicine is a good thing. 

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[jfs.livejournal.com]

Sorry - I'm about to rush off to work ....

"Research into bevacizumab is continuing in the UK. It was tested with chemotherapy in a large phase 3 trial. People who had the combined treatment lived on average 5 months longer than people who had chemotherapy alone. So far, this treatment is only for advanced bowel cancer. We don't know yet if it will help earlier stage bowel cancer. "

http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=15107

That's from Cancer Research UK - another big important name in this field over here, and that page is dated 17th June.

So, it's still being researched here, and it can be prescribed, even if it may not be widely available.

That's by no means the same as "Avastin isn't prescribed".

Sorry if my earlier posts were snarky, by the way. This is an emotive topic, but I should have been politer.