Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Mar 2019
Prioritise lung cancer treatments, patients tell MPs
7 March 2019 - Lung cancer patients are launching a petition for MPs to back more treatments at a drug funding review next month.
Lung cancer is the biggest cancer killer in the country with nearly 1700 people dying from it each year, but researchers and patients say proven lung cancer treatments for specific mutations have not been given priority and PHARMAC is dragging its feet on funding.
