New eye cancer drug approved in Canada, but not offered in every province

Health Canada has just approved a new drug to treat a rare and aggressive form of eye cancer known as ocular melanoma.

But the medication is not being offered in every province. Canadians diagnosed with the rare form of cancer have very few options for treatment.

And as Jamie Mauracher reports, some patients still have to travel thousands of kilometres to access the potentially life-saving drug.

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