Twenty-five different cancer treatments will no longer be funded by the NHS in England, health chiefs have announced.

NHS England announced the step after it emerged the £280m Cancer Drugs Fund - for drugs not routinely available - was to go £100m over budget in 2014/15.

Some drugs will be removed and others restricted - a move charities say could leave some without crucial treatments.

But a Department of Health spokesman said it will allow "new and better drugs" to be offered to patients.

Cancer patients currently receiving the treatments will still be allowed to continue using them. 

The restrictions come into place from 12 March and affect a whole range of treatments for breast, pancreatic and bowel cancer.

The most commonly used treatment on the list is Avastin for advanced bowel cancer. The Rarer Cancers Foundation estimates the step will result in more than 7,700 patients losing out.

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