Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2019
'Declare lung cancer national priority' - Lung Foundation NZ
28 March 2019 - The latest call for better cancer treatment funding has come from Lung Foundation New Zealand which has launched a petition calling on the government to declare lung cancer a national health priority and to approve additional budget for Pharmac to fund lung cancer medications.
Lung Foundation NZ says lung cancer is the country's biggest cancer killer, with 5 people dying of the disease every day. So, it wants the government to give heightened priority to the fight against the disease.
Its petition asks for lung cancer medications, including Keytruda, alectinib, osimertinib and crizotinib, to be funded and made available to all Kiwi's with advanced lung cancer.
