Kitchener woman hopes Ont. follows other provinces in covering rare cancer drug
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Noor Ayesha from Kitchener Ont., is battling a rare and aggressive form of cancer while pushing the province to fund an expensive drug, which could extend her life.
A 25-year-old Kitchener, Ont. woman is continuing the fight of her life.
As Noor Ayesha battles a rare and aggressive form of cancer, she is pushing the province to fund an expensive drug, which could extend her life.
She has seen improvements in her health since first sharing her story with CTV News.
“I can walk more distance and take care of my daughter better than I was before,” said Ayesha.
Still, she’s grappling with cholangiocarcinoma, which has been deemed incurable for her.
But she’s been taking a drug called Pemigatinib, as directed by her oncologist Dr. Andrea Molckovsky at the Grand River Regional Cancer Centre.
“She has taken the drug now for six weeks, which is about two cycles of the drug. There is definite physical improvement in how she’s feeling and definite evidence of biochemical response, which is things that we measure in the blood that tell us that perhaps the cancer is shrinking,” said Molckovsky.
