Opinion piece from Bryce Edwards, a lecturer in Politics at Victoria University. An excellent summary of some of the debate and commentary in recent months about the poor cancer treatment in NZ.
Sue Wall-Cade and Tracy Barr-Smith are among the leaders of a push for better treatment for women with advanced breast cancer, also known as Stage 4 breast cancer. They want better drugs and a review of PHARMAC.
Women with terminal breast cancer explain what two more years of life would mean to them and their family if life-extending drugs become funded. They are calling for funding of Ibrance and Kadcyla.
