By Jamie Morton – The New Zealand Herald –
A groundbreaking, home-grown cancer therapy trial just hit another milestone and there are hopes to bring it to Kiwis, writes Jamie Morton. Michele Leggott remembers the morning of February 8, 2023, with crystal clarity. The prominent Auckland poet sat trembling in a tiny clinical office on the seventh floor of Wellington Hospital, with husband Mark by her side.
The doctor ran through some quick questions about her sleep and diet, then cut to the chase. “We’re looking at a PET scan you did yesterday, and there is no active lymphoma,” he told her with a laugh. “You are in remission.”