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Press Release – New Zealand Government A new national cancer treatment service will see patients who used to travel to Australia treated in Auckland, Health Minister Andrew Little announced today. Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy, or PRRT, can help manage symptoms of metastatic neuroendocrine cancer and increase and improve life for people who have it. The treatment involves attaching a radioactive medicine to a special protein and injecting it into the bloodstream, where it delivers a targeted high-dose of radiation to neuroendocrine cancers cells. Most patients have four doses, although some need only two. “We used to send patients to Melbourne for PRRT, but travel restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic has made that difficult,” Andrew Little said.

New national cancer treatment service opens

+Undoctored Media release from the health minister Wednesday 14 July 2021, 02:30 PM 1 minute to Read A new national cancer treatment service will see patients who used to travel to Australia treated in Auckland, Health Minister Andrew Little announced today. Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy, or PRRT, can help manage symptoms of metastatic neuroendocrine cancer and increase and improve life for people who have it. The treatment involves attaching a radioactive medicine to a special protein and injecting it into the bloodstream, where it delivers a targeted high-dose of radiation to neuroendocrine cancers cells. Most patients have four doses, although some need only two.

Life-saving treatment for neuroendocrine cancer now available for patients in NZ

Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) arise from neuroendocrine cells, which release hormones and peptides into the bloodstream and control different organs. The tumours can start almost anywhere in the body. PRRT treatment involves attaching a radioactive medicine to a special protein and injecting it into the bloodstream, where it delivers a high-dose of radiation to the cancer’s cells. Most patients have four doses, although some need only two. The treatment takes between four and six hours to administer, and is not suitable for all patients. RICKY WILSON/Stuff May Leaoseve travelled to Melbourne for PRRT treatment last year. Sending patients to Melbourne for PRRT became difficult as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and travel restrictions, so a small, interim service had been operating in Auckland since September, for the 12 most urgent patients only.

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