May 19, 2020
Keytruda has given 65 year old Sally Rangimare Wast her life back. Just four cycles of Keytruda has shrunk her stage 4 bowel cancer tumours enabling her to enjoy remission for the past 18 months drug and cancer free.
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May 13, 2020
Southland Charity Hospital revealed their concept plans as a tribute to what would have been Blair Vining's 40th birthday today..
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May 08, 2020
The FDA has just approved a new drug combination for bowel cancer patients with the BRAF V600E mutation, an aggressive form of bowel cancer.
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May 03, 2020
There is a concern of continuity of care for bowel cancer and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) patients as the National Bowel Screening programme is put on hold during the COVID-19 crisis.
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May 01, 2020
PHARMAC’s decision to postpone the funding of KEYTRUDA for lung cancer patients has a knock on effect for a number of other cancer types such as bowel cancer.
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Apr 30, 2020
Bowel Cancer Foundation Trust NZ has allocated funding for Telehealth services for bowel cancer patients bringing cancer rehabilitation directly into your home during the COVID-19 restrictions.
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Apr 03, 2020
Unfunded immunotherapy drug, Keytruda, has beaten standard chemotherapy in a head to head test to delay cancer progression showing its viability to be used as a first-line treatment for MSI-H bowel cancer patients around the world.
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Apr 01, 2020
With New Zealand in lockdown, two sisters have found a unique way to to keep themselves occupied and pay tribute to their Nana at the same time.
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Mar 25, 2020
New Zealand is preparing to go into lockdown tonight at 11.59pm after Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, announced she was raising the alert level and imposing a one-month country wide shut down.
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Mar 22, 2020
The general population of New Zealand has a 6% chance of contracting bowel cancer in their lifetime but Lynch Syndrome sufferers have a rare hereditary condition that increases their lifetime risk of bowel cancer by up to 50% before the age of 70.
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