Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jan 2026
Family’s desperate plea as lifesaving cancer drug delayed by PBS bureaucracy
3 January 2026 - A $32,000 cancer treatment has given one man hope of seeing his children grow up, but PBS delays may snatch it away.
A North Queensland mother is pleading with the government to “save my son’s life” and add a $32,000 vital cancer treatment to the PBS.
Clinton James, 42, was given a death sentence after initial treatments, including surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, for his medullary thyroid cancer failed.
