Libby Burgess
Cancer patient advocates hope funding decision just the start
Cancer patient advocates are hoping Pharmac's decision to pay for two new drugs for breast cancer and lung cancer signals more funding to come. From December, the government's drug-buying agency will… Audio
Pharmac proposes funding for two cancer drugs
Pharmac has struck a deal with pharmaceutical company Roche and now proposes to fund two cancer drugs and a multiple sclerosis drug from December this year. Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition chair… Video, Audio
NZ women with advanced breast cancer denied chance of longer life
Patients with advanced breast cancer in NZ are dying twice as quickly as those in comparable countries. A report released on Friday by the Breast Cancer Foundation calls for urgent action. Libby… Audio
Review of biopsy errors
Can women have faith in the National Breast Screening programme? Jenny Engles is one of the women whose biopsy samples were mixed up, resulting in an unnecessary breast removal; Don Mackie is the… Audio
Breast screening problems in Otago and Southland
With Don Mackie - Mininstry of Health's Chief Medical Officer and Libby Burgess - chair person of the Breast Cancer Aotearoa Coalition. Audio