Barry and Katrina both had cancer. They didn’t get the same treatment

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Blood cancers including leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma collectively account for almost 6000 deaths every year, making it the second leading cause of cancer death after lung cancer

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“Going through that treatment, I saw that many people who lived in regional areas didn’t get the same sort of same quality of care as I did,” he said. Du Bois, now 62, received an early diagnosis and high-quality care for his multiple myeloma – a non-curable blood cancer he still lives with today. But for Katrina Richards, from Narrabri in northern NSW, it took five years and a chance encounter with a specialist to finally get a diagnosis for Sézary syndrome, a rare form of lymphoma affecting the skin.

 

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