In a five-part series NZ Herald’s health report Martin Johnston investigates controversies in cancer testing and treatment and moving stories of NZ people afflicted with the disease.
This year, more than 20,000 people will have a cancer diagnosis registered, and about 9000 will die.
This article is the first of the series, and cover breast cancer.
“Today, the Herald begins a five-day cancer series. We look at controversies in cancer screening and treatment, we investigate high-cost cancer medicines not funded by the Government, and we interview a number of people with cancer, some whose outlook is grim, others who have experienced remarkable remissions.”