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New Zealand Doctors Protest Blood Cancer Care Gaps

RNZ National Wellington 11d11d Impact 5
One in seven patients surveyed reported spending more than 100,000 dollars on blood cancer treatments. The letter highlights that 80 to 85 percent of adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in America receive certain treatments unavailable locally.

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RNZ National

“one in six, one in seven patients reported spending more than a hundred thousand. of the little pages and it's a dynamic that we've sort of slowly started becoming accustomed to in New Zealand”

RNZ National

“we need to move away from that and have a real hard look at what we can do to improve blood cancer care delivery in New Zealand so that we're not seeing this dynamic play out anymore”

RNZ National

“35 Kiwi doctors who treat blood cancers have written an open letter to the government saying it's forced them overseas.”

RNZ National

“adult with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in America 85 or over 80 percent.”

RNZ National

“a lack of medicines. and blood cancer is really dependent on medicines.”

RNZ National

“a lack of medicines. and blood cancer is really dependent on medicines. because you want to make sure that that your son, if he got a blood cancer later in life, that his treatment would be what we would expect in New Zealand.”

RNZ National

“a lack of medicines. and blood cancer is really dependent on medicines. because you want to make sure that your son, if he got a blood cancer later in life, that his treatment would be what we would expect in New Zealand.”

RNZ National

“that they won't have a blood cancer in their future but within.”

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