Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Apr 2017
Cancer patients want New Zealand funded treatment
20 April 2017 - Patients with a little-known cancer want a new treatment funded in this country, so they don't have to fly to Australia for life-saving care.
One New Zealander a day is diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer - about 300 a year.
It's often hard to diagnose, a process which may take up to five or six years.
The Apple founder, Steve Jobs, died five years ago of a condition related to a neuroendocrine tumour of his pancreas.
The tumours, known as NETs, occur in cells that carry messages from the brain to organs, making them do their job.
An Auckland heart specialist, Malcolm Legget, has NETs.
