Terminally ill patients despair amid price war over CAR-T cancer therapy

22 February 2024 - Australia risks “being pushed to the back of the queue” of countries to gain access to ...

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Funding verdict looms on ‘future of cancer therapy’

21 November 2023 - The chance of survival for hundreds of Australians living with a deadly type of blood cancer ...

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A test could have saved Alison from chemotherapy

17 October 2023 - Chemotherapy. Radiotherapy. Surgery. These are the cancer treatments most people are familiar with. But advocates, patients ...

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‘Unacceptable’: Dad’s cancer treatment denied

6 September 2023 - Australians who can enlist radio stars and politicians are getting access to life saving cancer treatment while ...

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New prostate cancer treatment helping patients live longer, better

27 November 2022 - A treatment that could allow advanced prostate cancer patients to avoid chemotherapy and live longer has arrived ...

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MSAC can't find a place for Carvykti

10 November 2022 - The outcome from Janssen's application requesting the public funding of ciltacabtagene autoleucel for the treatment of ...

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Push to get 'nuclear warhead' prostate cancer drug funded

26 August 2022 - The cost of the treatment can be up to $12,000 per dose. ...

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MSAC publishes agenda for upcoming meeting

24 November 2021 - 10 agenda items for consideration at the 31 March - 1 April 2022 meeting. ...

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Lymphoma patients to benefit from new cancer therapy

5 August 2021 - Australians suffering from a rare type of blood cancer will now have access to a highly specialised ...

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New CAR T-cell therapy option now available in Australia for patients with aggressive blood cancer

5 August 2021 - Eligible patients can now access Yescarta through Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne and Royal Brisbane and Women’s ...

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New cancer gene test: are you eligible?

29 June 2021 - In a world first, young Australians will be offered a genetic test to discover whether they carry ...

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Cancer deaths could be reduced with genomic testing investment, says National Oncology Alliance

26 April 2021 - Half of the more than 550,000 Australians expected to die from cancer in the next decade could ...

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PASC to consider comprehensive genomic profiling of non-small cell lung cancer tumour tissue specimens using next generation sequencing assays

4 November 2020 - First consideration of next generation sequencing. ...

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Expanded access to cutting edge CAR T-cell therapy

28 January 2020 - The Australian Government is expanding access to a cutting edge and potentially curative cancer therapy for patients ...

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Life saving therapy denied to dying cop

20 November 2019 - Doctors at Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital are refusing to treat a terminally ill cancer ­patient ...

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