by bwoo520 | Sep 24, 2020 | News
Today, the first NET patient was treated in New Zealand with PRRT (Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy). This is a huge milestone for NET patient care in NZ and something we are very proud to have been a part of, led by our very own Dr Ben Lawrence and of course...
by bwoo520 | Aug 14, 2020 | News
The Unicorn Foundation NZ held their annual NET Cancer Education Day last Friday. This was a free event to give info and updates from a panel of NET specialists, including Avril Hull who discussed NET treatments, and Dr Ben Lawrence and Dr Veronica Boyle who led a...
by bwoo520 | Oct 31, 2019 | News
New Zealand Society for Oncology Conference 2019 was held in Wellington 25-26th October. It was another fantastic opportunity to connect with other researchers/clinicians both from NZ and overseas, allowing us to catch up on research progress from other groups as...
by bwoo520 | Oct 4, 2019 | News
In early 2016, a patient with a metastastic broncho-pulmonary NET made a direct approach to her oncologist, Dr Ben Lawrence (a principal investigator of the NETwork! team). The patient wished to donate her tumour tissues through rapid autopsy on her natural death. Her...
by bwoo520 | Sep 30, 2019 | News
Good cancer care is multidisciplinary, sub-specialized, and highly coordinated. There are hundreds of healthcare moments that impact outcome for each individual patient. Measuring every moment is impractical, but the patient journey can be distilled down to a...