Cancer

An Otago pharmacist and pharmacy student are cutting their hair to raise money for patient support organisations after they both lost loved ones to cancer

A patient group in calling on community pharmacists to play a central role in early diagnosis of the head and neck cancer

Going from a pink mohawk to bald for Shave for a Cure has offered unexpected closure for a Whāngārei pharmacist who lost his father to oesophageal cancer

A Whāngārei pharmacist has bravely shaved his hair to create a bright pink mohawk to raise awareness about leukaemia and blood cancer

A New Zealand Medical Journal paper on cancer in adolescents and young adults says this country lags behind others in survival rates for the 15 to 29 age group   

People suffering from neck and head cancer, who can’t use chemotherapy, will soon have subsidised access to a new drug

Campaigners pushed Pharmac to fund 12 months’ Herceptin for women with HER2-positive breast cancer. Now the data have arrived, and they do not suggest much advantage