Treatment for Lung Cancer
Dear Orkney NHS Board,
The following question is being requested on behalf of Novartis. The purpose of these questions is to understand the variability of treatment within your trust and in context to
the rest of the country.
Q1. In the past 3 months (or the latest 3 months data you have available), how many metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients were treated with any of the following:
• Afatinib
• Alectinib
• Atezolizumab monotherapy
• Atezolizumab in combination
• Bevacizumab
• Brigatinib
• Capmatenib
• Ceritinib
• Crizotinib
• Dacomitinib
• Dabrafenib with Trametinib
• Docetaxel monotherapy
• Durvalumab
• Erlotinib
• Gefitinib
• Gemcitabine
• Nintedanib with Docetaxel
• Nivolumab
• Osimertinib
• Paclitaxel
• Pembrolizumab monotherapy
• Pembrolizumab in combination
• Pemetrexed with Carboplatin/Cisplatin
• Tepotinib
• Vinorelbine with Cisplatin/Carboplatin
• Any other SACT
• Palliative care only
Thank you for taking the time to answer this question and I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours faithfully,
Ben Holdsworth
FOI Request - Acknowledgement of Receipt
I hereby acknowledge receipt of the request below:
Reference number allocated to this request:
202223-231
(Please quote this reference number in any future correspondence relating to this request.)
The official date of your request is:
26/08/2022
A response should be sent to your request no later than:
23/09/2022
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NHS Orkney
The Balfour,
Foreland Road,
Kirkwall,
KW15 1NZ
Dear Mr Holdsworth,
Please find attached response to your Freedom of Information request.
Kind regards
Lizzy
Lizzy Walls | Freedom of Information Officer
NHS Orkney
The Balfour | Foreland Road | Kirkwall | KW15 1NZ
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