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Pharmac is failing NZ men through lack of funding for prostate cancer medicines
News Release 24 September 2022 Pharmac is failing NZ men through lack of funding for prostate cancer medicines We’ve all seen the headlines – every week someone is calling on Pharmac and the Government to increase funding and provide access to life saving cancer drugs. But rather than prioritise medicines that are clinically proven and…
An impossible choice between life and death: To pay or not to pay for cancer treatment
News Release 24 September 2022 An impossible choice between life and death. To pay or not to pay for cancer treatment? Paul Cherry has lived in both Mount Maunganui and in Asia as an operations manager in the Kiwifruit industry, spending 12 years in Japan and a further five years in China training operations staff…
Farmers stores are ‘Doing Something Blue’ to support Blue September
News Release: 15 September 2022 Every year in New Zealand more than 700 Kiwi men die from prostate cancer. That’s 58 dads, sons, brothers, and grandads dying each month. ‘Blue September’ is the Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand’s (PCFNZ) primary fundraising campaign with every cent raised during the month used to help improve the…
New Zealand men with a late prostate cancer diagnosis currently losing $300 million in earnings
News Release 14 September 2022 New Zealand men with a late prostate cancer diagnosis currently losing $300 million in earnings New research presented at the Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand’s (PCFNZ) annual conference held at the end of August showed a late diagnosis of prostate cancer not only contributes to negative health outcomes for…
Prostate Cancer now New Zealand’s most diagnosed cancer
News Release 28 August 2022 Prostate cancer is now New Zealand’s most diagnosed cancer and one in eight men will get prostate cancer in their lifetime. Yet, despite all evidence pointing to early detection making the difference between life and death, the third biggest killer of men in this country is not prioritised in the…
Pharmac is failing NZ men through lack of funding for prostate cancer medicines
News Release 24 September 2022 Pharmac is failing NZ men through lack of funding for prostate cancer medicines We’ve all seen the headlines – every week someone is calling on Pharmac and the Government to increase funding and provide access to life saving cancer drugs. But rather than prioritise medicines that are clinically proven and…
An impossible choice between life and death: To pay or not to pay for cancer treatment
News Release 24 September 2022 An impossible choice between life and death. To pay or not to pay for cancer treatment? Paul Cherry has lived in both Mount Maunganui and in Asia as an operations manager in the Kiwifruit industry, spending 12 years in Japan and a further five years in China training operations staff…
Farmers stores are ‘Doing Something Blue’ to support Blue September
News Release: 15 September 2022 Every year in New Zealand more than 700 Kiwi men die from prostate cancer. That’s 58 dads, sons, brothers, and grandads dying each month. ‘Blue September’ is the Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand’s (PCFNZ) primary fundraising campaign with every cent raised during the month used to help improve the…
New Zealand men with a late prostate cancer diagnosis currently losing $300 million in earnings
News Release 14 September 2022 New Zealand men with a late prostate cancer diagnosis currently losing $300 million in earnings New research presented at the Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand’s (PCFNZ) annual conference held at the end of August showed a late diagnosis of prostate cancer not only contributes to negative health outcomes for…
Prostate Cancer now New Zealand’s most diagnosed cancer
News Release 28 August 2022 Prostate cancer is now New Zealand’s most diagnosed cancer and one in eight men will get prostate cancer in their lifetime. Yet, despite all evidence pointing to early detection making the difference between life and death, the third biggest killer of men in this country is not prioritised in the…