Dear David

Ref: FOISA request FIFENHSIR:1167 Drugs used in cancer treatment

Thank you for your request made under the Freedom of Information
(Scotland) Act 2002 (FOI(S)A). We received your request on 2022-06-29
12:05:00 with regards to:

Drugs used in cancer treatment

We will respond to your request once we have collated the information you
have requested. This will be no later than 20 working days from the date
of this acknowledgement to your request.

If we fail to respond to your initial request, you may write to us and
request a review of our failure to respond at:
Information Governance and Security Team
eHealth Department
Lynebank Hospital
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Dunfermline, KY11 8JH

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Alternatively you can raise your concern with the Scottish Information
Commissioner's Office at:
Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner
Kinburn Castle
Doubledykes Road
St Andrews
Fife KY16 9DS

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Yours Sincerely,
NHS Fife FOI Team

Dear Mr Elder,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST NHSFife:1167.

Thank you for your request made on 29/06/2022 under the Freedom of
Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOI(S)A) for drugs used in cancer
treatment.

NHS Fife has completed our search for information held in relation to your
request and can provide the following response.

Please answer these questions relating to the usage of Dabrafenib +
Trametinib in cancer treatment.
Over the previous 6 months, how many patients for the following diseases
have been treated with a combination of Dabrafenib + Trametinib:

i) Metastatic Melanoma
ii) Adjuvant Melanoma
iii) BRAF mutated Lung Cancer

Nil, NHS Fife patients are treated by NHS Lothian.

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with any aspect of how we have dealt with your request you can ask us to
review the handling of your request. Please write to us specifying the
reasons you are seeking a review within 40 working days of the date of
this correspondence.

We will undertake a review of our response, which will be led by a senior
staff member who is independent from the original response. If you are not
satisfied with the result of the review you then have the right to make a
formal complaint to the Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner.

Kind Regards,

Kellyanne Tosh

The NHS Fife FOI Team

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