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Mum's battle for life-saving drug
12 October 2018 - At just 29 years of age, doting mother Kate McKenzie has faced more battles than anyone ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2018
Leukaemia treatment: patients ‘cured’ by new CAR-T therapy
12 October 2018 - Patients battling deadly leukaemia will be “cured” by a breathtaking new therapy that can kill cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Oct 2018
How drug treatment in Hong Kong changed Aussie cancer sufferer’s life
7 October 2018 - When Lisa Laird was diagnosed with metastatic cancer, she found hope in a new drug she could ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Oct 2018
Life-saving drug out of reach for Queensland mum at $100k a year
3 October 2018 - Brisbane mother Kate McKenzie has a prescription ready; it’s sitting in her car waiting to be ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Oct 2018
Kidney cancer therapy works but cost is a killer
2 October 2018 - Darryl Black was told he had just three months to live. That was almost four years ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Oct 2018
PBS listing timelines for new checkpoint inhibitors
1 October 2018 - The PBAC examined their PBS listing timelines at its recent special meeting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Sep 2018
Ovarian cancer treatment to be made available to more women
28 September 2018 - The number of women with ovarian cancer now eligible for a powerful targeted treatment will dramatically ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Sep 2018
Publication of outcome from August 2018 PBAC special meeting
28 September 2018 - The brief outcome from the August 2018 special meeting regarding PD-1 and PD-L1 checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapies: options ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Sep 2018
Australian Cancer Atlas shows cancer burden across the country
25 September 2018 - Australians can now refer to a handy map to discover how cancer diagnosis and survival rates in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Sep 2018
Drug treatment for rare blood cancer will save more lives
20 September 2018 - A drug aimed at treating an aggressive disease that affects the blood and bone marrow is ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Sep 2018
Blood cancer drugs added to PBS
14 September 2018 - The Federal Government is spending $48 million to provide more affordable drugs for Australians with blood ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Aug 2018
Life saving cancer drug Keytruda worth $150,000 goes on the PBS
19 August 2018 - Melbourne academic and lung cancer patient John Burke has spent $80,000 on the drug that saved ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Aug 2018
Cancer patients wait 18 months for treatment
17 August 2018 - Australian cancer patients are being forced to wait up to 18 months for affordable access to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Aug 2018
Call for Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme to include subsidies for more rare cancer treatments
14 August 2018 - Oncologists say thousands of cancer patients are either missing out on medication or being forced to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Aug 2018
Calls to make cancer drugs more affordable
14 August 2018 - Cancer patients and oncologists are calling for more cancer drugs to be subsidised on the PBS amid ...