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Dame Esther Rantzen reveals 'amazing' new cancer drug which delays the spread of the disease and means she might see another birthday: 'I didn't think I'd ever be 84'
Dame Esther Rantzen has revealed that an 'amazing' new cancer drug which delays the spread of the disease means she might live to see her 84th birthday in June.
Speaking to the BBC Today's programme last month, Dame Esther said a change in the law regarding assisted dying 'would mean that I could look forward in confidence to a death which is pain-free surrounded by people I love'. She has been campaigning for an assisted dying law change and promoted a petition which garnered 200,000 signatures, prompting a debate in parliament at the end of April (Pictured in 2018) She was unable to attend an event earlier this month in person because of her health, but vowed she would 'be watching the debate closely as it affects my own decision to go to Dignitas in Zurich if necessary, to protect my family from witnessing a painful death'.
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