News | Health & Safety
27 Oct 2025 15:40
| outlook hotmail | yahoo mail | gmail | news | weather | finance | shopping | about nzcity | Search |
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity
SEARCH 

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
    •    News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

    •
      Home > News > Health & Safety

    It's believed more than 9-hundred Kiwi women could benefit from expanded access to breast cancer medication

    It's believed more than 9-hundred Kiwi women could benefit from expanded access to breast cancer medication


    The drug Kisqali is only funded for advanced breast cancer - but a global study's found major benefits for those in earlier stages.

    Combined with hormone therapy, the drug reduces the risk of cancer recurrence by an estimated 28-percent.

    The Breast Cancer Foundation's Mehdi Shabazpour says New Zealand spends a lot less on breast cancer medications than Australia and the UK.

    He's calling on Pharmac to fund more medications for early breast cancer.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Health & Safety News
     27 Oct: A public health expert says it's important to be prepared for the arrival of bird flu
     27 Oct: The Associate Justice Minister says no rule or label can fix Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, as advocates call for a new warning sign
     27 Oct: Oranga Tamariki received 39 reports about kaimahi harming children across its five youth justice residences - in the year ending in June
     25 Oct: The public's being asked to avoid any shellfish from the Taranaki coast until further notice
     25 Oct: A reminder to be aware of the risks when out in the garden this long weekend
     23 Oct: Nelson Hospital's currently running on generator supply while the network power is being re-established
     23 Oct: Rising concern that measles could be spreading unseen in communities around New Zealand
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    The All Blacks XV have called in a pair of forwards to join their Northern Tour squad More...

    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Foreign spies are trying to steal Australian research. We should be doing more to stop them More...


     Today's News

    		 Motorsports:
    An eventful Mexican Grand Prix for Formula One driver Liam Lawson 15:37

     Rugby:
    The All Blacks XV have called in a pair of forwards to join their Northern Tour squad 15:27

     International:
    Two US navy aircraft based on USS Nimitz carrier crash within 30 minutes in South China Sea 15:07

     Cycling:
    New Zealand have secured two more medals on the final day of the track cycling world championships in Santiago 14:57

     Golf:
    To Arkansas.. 14:47

     National:
    A rushed new maths curriculum doesn’t add up. The right answer is more time 14:47

     National:
    The conflation problem: Why anti-Zionism and anti-semitism are not the same 14:37

     Business:
    Foreign spies are trying to steal Australian research. We should be doing more to stop them 14:27

     Living & Travel:
    Catherine Connolly and the paradoxes of the Irish presidency 14:17

     Motoring:
    Liam Lawson narrowly misses track marshals running across F1 Mexico City Grand Prix track 14:07

     News Search




    Power Search

    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd