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Bettina Ryll, a medically-trained scientist, started the Melanoma Patient Network Europe after her husband died of the disease. She knows the value of extending survival and improving quality of life.
‘Unless you have experienced a terminal cancer diagnosis, you have no concept of what three more months would mean at the end of your life,’ said Dr Ryll. ‘When you’re not sick, three months seems like nothing. When you know your time is limited, three months can mean a lot, especially when the quality of life is good.’
Dr Ryll was asked for her view of a WHO technical report on the pricing of cancer medicines which was critical of the cost of drugs that add around three months to patients’ lives.
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