Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jun 2020
Unfunded drug the final lifeline for 27 year old with bowel cancer
23 June 2020 - Tiana Scott has spent two years living with cancer, and she'd happily do it all again, as long as she's given the chance.
Scott's only alternative is to try the unfunded treatment cetuximab which, according to research, quickly destroys cancer cells, and can be used in patients with advanced bowel cancer and head and neck cancers.
Commencing in 2018, PHARMAC agreed to fund the drug for head and neck cancer, but do not currently fund it for bowel cancer.
"In simple terms, I am pissed off," Scott, 27, said.
