Cancer patients missing out on treatment due to travel costs
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Some cancer patients struggling with the cost of travelling to other regions for care are choosing not to have treatment. Patient advocates say the National Travel Assistance Scheme - which subsidises travel for specialist appointments or treatment - is underfunded and overly complicated. Ruth Hill reports