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Ontario funding new treatment for advanced-stage prostate cancer

Published Jan 14, 2025 at 10:28pm

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Ontario funding new treatment for advanced-stage prostate cancer

Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones listens to questions from reporters following a press conference in Etobicoke, Ont., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana Martin

Ontario's health minister says the province will now publicly fund a new treatment for advanced-stage prostate cancer.

Health Canada approved Pluvicto in August 2022, but patients have been waiting since then for provincial health plans to announce coverage.

Health Minister Sylvia Jones says Ontario is the first Canadian jurisdiction to publicly fund and administer the treatment.

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