Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2018
'Don't write us off': advanced breast cancer patients lobby for access to drugs
11 October 2018 - Nicki Ball, who has advanced breast cancer, has signed a petition calling on Pharmac to fund the drug Ibrance.
Every year, about 350 women in New Zealand are diagnosed with advanced breast cancer. Next week, patients and their supporters will march on Parliament to petition PHARMAC to fund two drugs with life-extending promise.
Nicki Ball has a simple message for the drug-buying agency: "I just don't think they should write us off. Just because we've been given a stage 4 diagnosis, doesn't mean that I'm not worth it."
