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Expert slams successive Governments' approach to cancer
5 July 2019 - DHBs look set to have some of their autonomy taken away when it comes to treating ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jul 2019
Health Minister David Clark 'taking time' to consider draft national cancer plan after long-fought campaign
2 July 2019 - Health Minister David Clark says he's "taking time to consider" the plan before releasing it for a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jun 2019
Overwhelming support for Blair Vining's petition to set up national cancer agency
30 June 2019 - One of the highlights at Blair Vining's final farewell came when a suitcase, chock-full of signed ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jun 2019
New Zealand falling behind rest of world in cancer treatment
26 June 2019 - The management of New Zealand’s most common blood cancer, myeloma, is falling behind the rest of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jun 2019
New Zealand lacking best treatment options for blood cancer patients, warns Myeloma NZ
26 June 2019 - Kiwis diagnosed with the country's most common form of blood cancer are being put at unnecessary ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jun 2019
Patient planning to remortgage house to fund costly cancer drug strikes 'miracle' scheme
26 June 2019 - A terminally ill man who was unable to afford $540,000 for medication to extend his life ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jun 2019
Petition for national cancer agency gathers steam
25 June 2019 - A petition launched in support of a national cancer agency has so far gathered more than ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jun 2019
Lung cancer advocates feel disease is being ignored by Government
25 June 2019 - Advocates for lung cancer patients say the country's deadliest cancer is being ignored by health authorities. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jun 2019
Five dying a day: PHARMAC 'failing' on NZ's deadliest cancer
24 June 2019 - Advocates for lung cancer patients says the country's deadliest cancer is being ignored by health authorities, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jun 2019
'Broken promises and lies, people like me don't matter'
6 June 2019 - "The wellbeing Budget came out on the day that I had my first treatment in Australia. So ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 May 2019
PTAC recommends the use of pembrolizumab as a first-line treatment for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer
8 May 2019 - The focus now shifts to when will the PTAC recommendation be implemented. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 May 2019
New hope for cancer patients accessing leading-edge unfunded drugs
8 May 2019 - Peter Fergusson, CEO of Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand is heartened to hear that Pharmac ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Apr 2019
No outcomes on breast cancer drugs Kadcyla and Ibrance yet, says PHARMAC
24 April 2019 - PHARMAC has reiterated that it has not yet made a decision on whether to fund two ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2019
PHARMAC rejects own experts' view on breast cancer drug
23 April 2019 - PHARMAC has refused funding for Kadcyla, an important drug that has recently had a high media ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Apr 2019
PHARMAC reportedly has rejected funding for breast cancer drug
23 April 2019 - A breast cancer support group has been told that PHARMAC has rejected funding for the drug ...