Jan At the moment a price can't be agreed upon for listing on the PBS between the makers of this drug and the government as you probably know,the PBS sits again in July and this issue is not on the agenda, which is very disappointing for all PC sufferers,hoping the two parties can get together quickly for a good result. With the signing of the petition and other pressures we hope they can speed the process for a Listing on the PBS.Thus being equal with other Cancer chemo treatments who are subsidized for Abraxane. kj ... View more

I really believe that most of the current research is a waste of money, it would be much better to go in the direction of early detection of cancer. The only way that we can cure it at the moment and for the forseeable future is to catch it in the early stages. This has been done with breast cancer and it is working very successfully. ... View more

Hi Jan,Thanks for taking the time to post this up. I will make sure the info gets passed on to Kathy Chapman and Belinda Vangelov. Thanks for all your questions last night, hope it was useful session. Cheers,Mike ... View more

Sorry Margo, that is not my intent. There are unfortunately still very few options of places to go and talk. I really wish there was more choices and more knowledge that we could draw from. I know support groups are not for everyone, the term alone puts some off. Over the 9 years it has been difficult finding others to talk to, getting doctors support for this group and finally difficulties getting a hospital venue afterhours, this resulted in meeting at others homes. There is a great need by people diagnosed with pc for support given the severity of the condition, the frightening odds and I remember too well the devestating feeling of being alone facing this. Yes, we need to be able to talk to each other, and I want as many options for others as possible, phone, email or face to face. We all have different needs in this journey and in order to make good choices for ourselves and our families we need to know what is available. We are very fortunate at this point in time as we have a "greenfields" position and we can lay the groundwork for others yet to come. What do others want our support choices to look like? ... View more