NZ team heralds new era in cancer treatment; trial starting soon

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NZ team heralds new era in cancer treatment; trial starting soon

Swee Tan and Tinte Itinteang
Pioneering research by Swee Tan and Tinte Itinteang of the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute has led to the trial of an innovative cancer treatment

GPs will be among health professionals able to refer patients to be considered for the trial of a cancer therapy not yet tried anywhere in the world. The treatment will see a number of well-established drugs repurposed for cancer. Virginia McMillan reports

I believe I will get to see, in my lifetime, cancer becoming a chronic, manageable condition managed by low-cost, widely accessible medications I, Agadha Wickremesekera, Capital & Coast DHB neurosurgeon Agadha Wickremesekera is co-leading the Gillies McIndoe Research Institute cancer treatment trial