Kidney cancer drugs to be funded

Sutent is one of the drugs which will be prescribed

The Welsh health minister has announced kidney cancer patients in Wales will be able receive four life-prolonging drugs on the NHS.

Edwina Hart has told all 22 Welsh local health boards to fund the drugs, although they have not yet been approved for use here or in England.

It is thought prescribing the drug s Sutent, Nexavar, Avastin and Torisel will cost