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'Pioneering' drug for rare eye cancer to be rolled out on NHS in England

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Patients diagnosed with uveal melanoma can now be offered a drug called tebentafusp.

The drug works by attaching to the proteins on the surface of cancer cells.

It helps the immune system recognise and kill cancer cells, slowing the growth of the disease.

The cancer is thought to affect between 500 and 600 people in the UK each year .

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